Spatio-temporal modelling of dam deformation using independent component analysis

Modelling dam deformation based on monitoring data plays an important role in the assessment of a dam’s safety. Traditional dam deformation modelling methods generally utilise single monitoring point. It means it is necessary to model for each monitoring point and the spatial correlation between poi...

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Main Authors: Dai, Wujiao, Liu, Bin, Meng, Xiaolin, Huang, D.
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35387/
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author Dai, Wujiao
Liu, Bin
Meng, Xiaolin
Huang, D.
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Liu, Bin
Meng, Xiaolin
Huang, D.
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description Modelling dam deformation based on monitoring data plays an important role in the assessment of a dam’s safety. Traditional dam deformation modelling methods generally utilise single monitoring point. It means it is necessary to model for each monitoring point and the spatial correlation between points will not be considered using traditional modelling methods. Spatio-temporal modelling methods provide a way to model the dam deformation with only one functional expression and analyse the stability of dam in its entirety. Independent component analysis (ICA) is a statistical method of blind source separation (BSS) and can separate original signals from mixed observables. In this paper, ICA is introduced as a spatio-temporal modelling method for dam deformation. In this method, the deformation data series of all points were processed using ICA as input signals, and a few output independent signals were used to model. The real data experiment with displacement measurements by wire alignment of Wuqiangxi Dam was conducted and the results show that the output independent signals are correlated with physical responses of causative factors such as temperature and water level respectively. This discovery is beneficial in analysing the dam deformation. In addition, ICA is also an effective dimension reduced method for spatio-temporal modelling in dam deformation analysis applications.
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spelling nottingham-353872020-05-04T16:51:19Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35387/ Spatio-temporal modelling of dam deformation using independent component analysis Dai, Wujiao Liu, Bin Meng, Xiaolin Huang, D. Modelling dam deformation based on monitoring data plays an important role in the assessment of a dam’s safety. Traditional dam deformation modelling methods generally utilise single monitoring point. It means it is necessary to model for each monitoring point and the spatial correlation between points will not be considered using traditional modelling methods. Spatio-temporal modelling methods provide a way to model the dam deformation with only one functional expression and analyse the stability of dam in its entirety. Independent component analysis (ICA) is a statistical method of blind source separation (BSS) and can separate original signals from mixed observables. In this paper, ICA is introduced as a spatio-temporal modelling method for dam deformation. In this method, the deformation data series of all points were processed using ICA as input signals, and a few output independent signals were used to model. The real data experiment with displacement measurements by wire alignment of Wuqiangxi Dam was conducted and the results show that the output independent signals are correlated with physical responses of causative factors such as temperature and water level respectively. This discovery is beneficial in analysing the dam deformation. In addition, ICA is also an effective dimension reduced method for spatio-temporal modelling in dam deformation analysis applications. Taylor & Francis 2014-07-08 Article PeerReviewed Dai, Wujiao, Liu, Bin, Meng, Xiaolin and Huang, D. (2014) Spatio-temporal modelling of dam deformation using independent component analysis. Survey Review, 46 (339). pp. 437-443. ISSN 1752-2706 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/1752270614Y.0000000112 doi:10.1179/1752270614Y.0000000112 doi:10.1179/1752270614Y.0000000112
spellingShingle Dai, Wujiao
Liu, Bin
Meng, Xiaolin
Huang, D.
Spatio-temporal modelling of dam deformation using independent component analysis
title Spatio-temporal modelling of dam deformation using independent component analysis
title_full Spatio-temporal modelling of dam deformation using independent component analysis
title_fullStr Spatio-temporal modelling of dam deformation using independent component analysis
title_full_unstemmed Spatio-temporal modelling of dam deformation using independent component analysis
title_short Spatio-temporal modelling of dam deformation using independent component analysis
title_sort spatio-temporal modelling of dam deformation using independent component analysis
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