Damage detection, location, and estimation for space trusses

Douglas K. Lindner; Richard M. Goff

doi:10.1117/12.152743

8 September 1993 Damage detection, location, and estimation for space trusses

Douglas K. Lindner, Richard M. Goff

Proceedings Volume 1917, Smart Structures and Materials 1993: Smart Structures and Intelligent Systems; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.152743
Event: 1993 North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, 1993, Albuquerque, NM, United States

Abstract

In this paper we describe a new algorithm for the detection, location, and estimation of damage on a space truss using parameter identification techniques. The concept is to start with a model of the truss which is known to accurately model the healthy truss. This healthy model of the truss is periodically updated using dynamic response data. When damage has occurred, a damage model of the truss is constructed from dynamic response data using an identification algorithm. By comparing the parameters in the truth model with the parameters of the damage model, the damage is detected, located, and the extent of the damage accessed. The algorithm proposed here uses an explicit model of the damage to the truss. This description of the damage allows the algorithm search over a smaller set of possible damage models with attendant increase in performance. In addition to locating the damage, an estimate of the damage is also given. The performance of this algorithm for locating and estimating damage is presented in the form of three example problems including a 44 dof planar truss.

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Douglas K. Lindner and Richard M. Goff "Damage detection, location, and estimation for space trusses", Proc. SPIE 1917, Smart Structures and Materials 1993: Smart Structures and Intelligent Systems, (8 September 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.152743

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