Papers by Author: Tian Hui Wang

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.

Abstract: To detect the damage of curl tube structure with more effect, the finite element method (FEM) and experimental modal analysis (EMA) were employeed to generate the modal flexibility of the curl tube. The modal flexibility was used to compute the modal flexibility-curvature by using the central difference method. Different degrees and locations of damage were simulated by additional quality in the intact curl tube to verify the modal flexibility-curvature and difference generated by both FEM and EMA. The results show that the modal flexibility of curl tube should have the direction. In addition, we conclude that the flexibility curvature’s difference in x and y plane can not be used for damage identification. But using the flexibility curvature’s difference of the z direction in the vertical plane, we can not only identified the multiple damage location, but also to analized degree for the extent of injury to the same location .