An improved numerical-experimental method for damage location in structures

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2008

Authors

Lopes, HMR (Author) Other; Araujo Dos Santos, JV (Author) Other; Mota Soares, CM (Author) Other; Guedes, RM (Author) FEUP; Vaz, MA (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Civil-Comp Proceedings

9th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, CST 2008

Athens, 2 September 2008 through 5 September 2008

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FOS: Engineering and technology

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Authenticus ID: P-009-5SC

Abstract (EN): An improvement on a curvature based numerical-experimental method for damage location in structures is presented. A speckle shear interferometer is used to measure the rotation fields. The curvature fields, i.e., the rotation fields spatial derivatives are computed by a numerical method. A carbon fibre reinforced epoxy plate, subjected to impact damages was tested for damaged location. The experimental results show a high correlation between perturbations or discontinuities in the curvature fields and the damage position. This study also demonstrates the superior performance of the curvature method using measured rotation fields instead of measured displacement fields. © Civil-Comp Press, 2008.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific