Detection Indicator of Structural Nondestructive Damage Based on Flexibility Curvature Difference Rate

Abstract

Applied to the structural damage identification, Modal Flexibility is better than the Modal Frequency and Modal Displacement, the indicators of Flexibility Curvature are effective and sensitive. This paper proposes a new detection indicator which is Flexibility Curvature Difference Rate (FCDR) that by using the change rate of diagonal elements of flexibility curvature difference when before and after damage. The numerical examples of a simple beam, a continuous beam and a frame with the damage conditions of the different positions and different degrees are used to verify FCDR. The result shows that FCDR can well identify the numerical examples damages, and sensitively diagnose the damage near the supports of beam and the nodes of framework.