Stiffness reduction index for detection of damage location: Analytical study

A new damage location index is developed and presented in this paper. The new index is based on the combined mode shape vector and its derivatives to overcome the problem of inaccuracy and insensitivity of existing indices to locate damage in a beam-like structure model. The proposed new index calle...

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Main Authors: Fayyadh, M.M., Razak, H.A.
Format: Article
Published: 2011
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