Improved damage detection for beam-type structures using a uniform load surface

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-110

  Wang, Jialai ^a   Pizhong, Qiao ^b  

^a The University of Alabama   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Crack; Damage detection algorithm; Delamination; Generalized fractal dimension; mode shapes; Simplified gapped smoothing method; Structural health monitoring; Vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249893888     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921706072062     Document Type: Article

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