Paper Title:

An Improved Damage Detection Method and its Application

Periodical Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 184 - 185)
Main Theme Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering
Edited by Wen-Pei Sung, Jimmy (C.M.) Kao and Ran Chen
Pages 55-60
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.184-185.55
Citation Li Yuan Ma et al., 2012, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 184-185, 55
Online since June, 2012
Authors Li Yuan Ma, Tian Hui Wang, Yong Jun Li, Shi Fu Xie
Keywords Damage Identification, Flexibility Matrix, Gray Relation, Modal Flexibility Curvature Difference, Substructure
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Abstract

A new method called Grey Relation Modal Flexibility Curvature Difference (GRMFCD)is proposed and applied to the numerical experiment and experimental research of a substructure. The results show the ability of GMFCD to locate the inflicted damage and qualitatively evaluate its severity for single and multiple scenarios, with only a few lower order modal parameters. The effectiveness and advantages of GMFCD as compared to the flexibility indicators, such as the change in flexibility, the curvature of the flexibility difference, are demonstrated.