Structural damage detection through chaotic interrogation and attractor analysis

Qunhai Qiu, Chao Xu, Bin Wu

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Abstract

In this paper, a new approach for damage detection using a chaotic signal as an input excitation and steady state attractor-based measures as diagnostic parameters is investigated by means of numerical simulations. The method utilizes the deterministic, extreme sensitive properties of the chaotic signal to give rise to a low-dimensional response for feature extraction. This approach is applied to two numerical examples, the 4 DOF spring-mass-damper and a cantilevered beam system, where the damage is produced by varying the structural damping and stiffness, respectively. Lyapunov dimension is calculated as a "feature" for detecting the damage. Results show that this approach is feasible to detecting structural damage.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Structures
Pages2515-2520
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 International Conference on Structures and Building Materials, ICSBM 2011 - Guangzhou, China
Duration: 7 Jan 20119 Jan 2011

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume163-167
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Structures and Building Materials, ICSBM 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuangzhou
Period7/01/119/01/11

Keywords

  • Attractor
  • Chaos interrogation
  • Lyapunov dimension
  • Structural damage detection

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