Structural fault diagnosis of UAV based on convolutional neural network and data processing technology

This study presents a novel method for damage detection and identification in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using vibration data gathering and processing technologies based on deep learning. To conduct the study, a quad-rotor UAV was manufactured, and a vibration data acquisition system was develo...

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Main Authors: Ma, Yumeng, Mustapha, Faizal, Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan, Abdul Rahim, Sharafiz, Mustapha, Mazli
Format: Article
Published: Informa UK Limited 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/110495/
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Summary:This study presents a novel method for damage detection and identification in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using vibration data gathering and processing technologies based on deep learning. To conduct the study, a quad-rotor UAV was manufactured, and a vibration data acquisition system was developed to collect vibration data along three axes under normal and three damage scenarios. Empirical mode decomposition (EMD) was employed to reduce high-frequency noise in the signals, and the root mean square error (RMSE) feature was utilised to select the Y-axis acceleration data, which exhibits significant changes across different damage cases. Finally, a convolutional neural network was used to identify the damage based on the vibration data. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method achieved 97.5% accuracy using selected and noise-reduced Y-axis acceleration data, thereby indicating its usefulness in diagnosing damage types in multi-rotor UAVs.