Fractal Dimension Analysis of Higher-Order Mode Shapes for Damage Identification of Beam Structures

Fractal dimension analysis is an emerging method for vibration-based structural damage identification. An unresolved problem in this method is its incapability of identifying damage by higher-order mode shapes. The natural inflexions of higher-order mode shapes may cause false peaks of high-magnitud...

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Main Authors: Runbo Bai, Maosen Cao, Zhongqing Su, Wiesław Ostachowicz, Hao Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/454568