A comprehensive review on modal parameter-based damage identification methods for beam- or plate-type structures is presented, and the damage identification algorithms in terms of signal processing...

Vibration-based Damage Identification Methods: A Review and Comparative Study:

Development in vibration-based structural damage detection technique

A system and method for detecting structural damage is provided that utilizes a general order perturbation methodology involving multiple perturbation parameters. The perturbation methodology is used iteratively in conjunction with an optimization method to identify the stiffness parameters of structures using natural frequencies and/or mode shape information. The stiffness parameters are then used to determine the location and extent of damage in a structure. A novel stochastic model is developed to model the random impact series produced manually or to generate a random impact series in a random impact device. The random impact series method or the random impact device can be used to excite a structure and generate vibration information used to obtain the stiffness parameters of the structure. The method or the device can also just be used for modal testing purposes. The random impact device is a high energy, random, and high signal-to-noise ratio system.

System and method for detecting structural damage

A robust iterative algorithm is used to identify the locations and extent of damage in beams using only the changes in their first several natural frequencies. The algorithm, which combines a first-order, multiple-parameter perturbation method and the generalized inverse method, is tested extensively through experimental and numerical means on cantilever beams with different damage scenarios. If the damage is located at a position within 0-35% or 50-95% of the length of the beam from the cantilevered end, while the resulting system equations are severely underdetermined, the minimum norm solution from the generalized inverse method can lead to absolution that closely represents the desired solution at the end of iterations when the stiffness parameters of the undamaged structure are used as the initial stiffness parameters. If the damage is located at a position within 35-50% of the length of the beam from the cantilevered end, the resulting solution by using the stiffness parameters of the undamaged structure as the initial stiffness parameters deviates significantly from the desired solution. In this case, a new method is developed to enrich the measurement information by modifying the structure in a controlled manner and using the first several measured natural frequencies of the modified structure. A new method using singular value decomposition is also developed to handle the ill-conditioned system equations that occur in the experimental investigation by using the measured natural frequencies of the modified structure.

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Structural Damage Detection Using Changes in Natural Frequencies

The vibratory energy of a moving cable in an elevator increases in general during upward movement. A control method is presented to dissipate the energy associated with the lateral vibration of the cable. A novel experimental method is developed to validate the theoretical predictions for the uncontrolled and controlled lateral responses of a moving cable in a high-rise elevator. This includes the design and fabrication of a scaled elevator, experimental setup, and development of measurement and parameter estimation techniques. Experimental results show good agreement with the theoretical predictions.

Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Elevator Cable Dynamics and Control

Vibration of elevator cables with small bending stiffness

On an iterative general-order perturbation method for multiple structural damage detection

A general-order perturbation method involving multiple perturbation parameters is developed for eigenvalue problems with changes in the stiffness parameters. The perturbation solutions and eigenparameter sensitivities of all orders are derived explicitly. The perturbation method is used iteratively in conjunction with an optimization method in a robust damage detection algorithm. The generalized inverse method is used efficiently with the first order perturbations, and the gradient and quasi-Newton methods are used with the higher-order perturbations. Numerical simulations demonstrated the effectiveness of the algorithm in detecting the locations and extents of small to large levels of damage.Copyright © 2002 by ASME

On an Iterative General-Order Perturbation Method for Multiple Structural Damage Detection

The effects of bending stiffness and boundary conditions on the lateral vibration of the stationary and moving hoist cables are investigated. The role of the trial functions in the approximate methods is examined. The optimal stiffness and damping coefficient of the suspension of the car against its guide rails are identified for the moving cable.Copyright © 2002 by ASME

G. Y. Xu

Papers

Vibration of elevator cables with small bending stiffness

On an iterative general-order perturbation method for multiple structural damage detection

On an Iterative General-Order Perturbation Method for Multiple Structural Damage Detection

Vibration of Elevator Cables With Small Bending Stiffness