Damage Detection Method Based on Element Modal Strain Energy Sensitivity

In this paper, a damage detection method based on an efficient algebraic algorithm of element modal strain energy sensitivity is proposed for detecting damage location and severity. The method adopts a closed form of element modal strain energy sensitivity. The element damage equations have been systematically established and a solution technique incorporated with the singular value decomposition-based regularization algorithm is used to ensure the correct solutions. A number of assumed damage scenarios for numerically simulated beams and two-dimensional frame structure have been used to demonstrate the applicability of proposed method. The noise effect is also presented. It is demonstrated that the proposed method is efficient in a one-step (non-iterative) procedure.