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Smart Structures and Systems
  Volume 22, Number 3, September 2018 , pages 277-290
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sss.2018.22.3.277
 


Progressive damage detection of thin plate structures using wavelet finite element model updating
Wen-Yu He, Songye Zhu and Wei-Xin Ren

 
Abstract
    In this paper, wavelet finite element model (WFEM) updating technique is employed to detect sub-element damage in thin plate structures progressively. The procedure of WFEM-based detection method, which can detect sub-element damage gradually, is established. This method involves the optimization of an objective function that combines frequencies and modal assurance criteria (MAC). During the damage detection process, the scales of wavelet elements in the concerned regions are adaptively enhanced or reduced to remain compatible with the gradually identified damage scenarios, while the modal properties from the tests remains the same, i.e., no measurement point replacement or addition are needed. Numerical and experimental examples were conducted to examine the effectiveness of the proposed method. A scanning Doppler laser vibrometer system was employed to measure the plate mode shapes in the experimental study. The results indicate that the proposed method can detect structural damage with satisfactory accuracy by using minimal degrees-of-freedoms (DOFs) in the model and minimal updating parameters in optimization.
 
Key Words
    progressive damage detection; thin plate; wavelet finite element; model updating
 
Address
Wen-Yu He and Wei-Xin Ren: Department of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China
Songye Zhu: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
 

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