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Damage Localization in Systems with Unknown Inputs

Journal Key Engineering Materials (Volume 347)
Volume Damage Assessment of Structures VII
Edited by L. Garibaldi, C. Surace, K. Holford and W.M. Ostachowicz
Pages 107-112
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.347.107
Citation Dionisio Bernal, 2007, Key Engineering Materials, 347, 107
Online since September, 2007
Authors Dionisio Bernal
Keywords Damage Localization, Health Monitoring, Identification, Transfer Matrices
Abstract

The Dynamic Damage Locating Vector (DDLV) technique localizes damage by interrogating changes in transfer matrices G. It is shown that although G cannot be computed in a stochastic setting a surrogate matrix whose null space is related to that of G can be extracted and this matrix suffices. The paper reviews the theoretical support for the DDLV approach, discusses the constraints used to obtain the surrogate for G, and illustrates the technique using a 12-DOF shear beam monitored with 6 sensors.

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