A new damage index for detecting sudden change of structural stiffness

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-341

  Chen, B ^a   Xu, Y L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acceleration response; Damage detection; Damage index; Empirical mode decomposion; Signal discontinuity; Sudden damage; Wavalet transform

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BUILDINGS; STIFFNESS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WELDS;

DAMAGE LOCATION; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSION; SIGNAL DISCONTINUITY;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

EID: 34250377960     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2007.26.3.315     Document Type: Article

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