MA , Qiaoyu

In this thesis, the damage identification problem in beam-type structures through displacement field and the relevant challenges are studied. The exploration includes one damage localization approach using mode shapes and two damage identification methodologies based on static meas-urements. The premise is that concentrated cracks introduce...

This paper presents a flexibility based method for damage identification from static measurements in beam-type structures. The response of the beam at the Damaged State is decomposed into the response at the Reference State plus the response at an Incremental State, which represents the effect of damage. The damage is localized by detecting...

Wavelet analysis can be used in local damage detection due to its ability of revealing discontinuities induced by damage in the displacement field. This paper focuses on the application of wavelet analysis to detect and identify multiple damages using the static deflection of beams. The local damages are located by the wavelet maxima lines and...

This paper presents a damage identification method for beam-type structures based on the wavelet analysis. The damage location is predicted by a Damage Locating Index (DLI) based on a combined identification of local maxima from the scalograms of mode shapes. A new Damage Severity Index (DSI) based on the Lipschitz exponent is formulated such...