Model-based damage assessment is based on measuring the distance between experimental and analytical results. In practice, measurements yield only partial mode shapes with respect to the total degrees of freedom present ...

In this paper, a mechanical model is proposed to estimate the static response (stiffness, residual capacity, deformed configuration, strain/strain distribution within cross-section, and deformation capacity) of a rope ...

Vibration-based damage assessment approaches use modal parameters, such as frequency response functions, mode shapes, and natural frequencies, as indicators of structural damage. Nevertheless, these parameters are sensitive ...

This paper presents an experimental and numerical characterization of ductile damage evolution in steels subjected to large plastic deformations. To this end, a set of tensile tests combining load-unload tensile cycles is ...

The main problem in damage assessment is the determination of how to ascertain the presence, location, and severity of structural damage given the structure’s dynamic characteristics. The most successful applications of ...