Effect of Relative Density in In-Plane Mechanical Properties of Common 3D-Printed Polylactic Acid Lattice Structures.

Lattice structures are employed as lightweight sandwich cores, supports, or infill patterns of additive manufacturing (AM) components. As infill structures, the mechanical properties of AM parts are influenced by the infill pattern. In this work, we present the mechanical characterization of three commonly used infill patterns in AM, triangular, square, and hexagonal, and compare them with analytical and numerical models.

Features of Cross-Correlation Analysis in a Data-Driven Approach for Structural Damage Assessment.

This work discusses the advantage of using cross-correlation analysis in a data-driven approach based on principal component analysis (PCA) and piezodiagnostics to obtain successful diagnosis of events in structural health monitoring (SHM). In this sense, the identification of noisy data and outliers, as well as the management of data cleansing stages can be facilitated through the implementation of a preprocessing stage based on cross-correlation functions. Additionally, this work evidences an improvement in damage detection when the cross-correlation is included as part of the whole damage assessment approach.

PCA Based Stress Monitoring of Cylindrical Specimens Using PZTs and Guided Waves.

Since mechanical stress in structures affects issues such as strength, expected operational life and dimensional stability, a continuous stress monitoring scheme is necessary for a complete integrity assessment. Consequently, this paper proposes a stress monitoring scheme for cylindrical specimens, which are widely used in structures such as pipelines, wind turbines or bridges. The approach consists of tracking guided wave variations due to load changes, by comparing wave statistical patterns via Principal Component Analysis (PCA).