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An innovative sensitivity‐based method for structural model updating using incomplete modal data
Author(s) -
Esfandiari Akbar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
structural control and health monitoring
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.587
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1545-2263
pISSN - 1545-2255
DOI - 10.1002/stc.1905
Subject(s) - truss , sensitivity (control systems) , modal , robustness (evolution) , mode (computer interface) , algorithm , normal mode , stiffness , control theory (sociology) , mathematics , computer science , structural engineering , engineering , vibration , artificial intelligence , acoustics , materials science , electronic engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , control (management) , polymer chemistry , gene , operating system
Summary This paper presents an innovative sensitivity equation to detect changes of stiffness parameters using mode shape data. Most of the sensitivity‐based model updating methods use changes of mode shapes for structural model updating. However, the proposed method uses the mode shape data to estimate changes of the structural parameters directly. The proposed method sets up a relation between the change of structural parameters and the mode shapes of the damaged structure. The proposed formula uses the measured natural frequencies of the damaged structure and the mode shapes of the intact structure. The formulation yields to a set of accurate sensitivity equations. The proposed method is successfully applied to a plane truss and a frame structure using simulated error‐contaminated mode shapes data. Results prove robustness of the proposed method against mode shape, natural frequency, and mass modeling errors. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.