Structural Damage Detection Using Empirical Mode Decomposition: Experimental Investigation
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 130, Issue 11
Abstract
This paper presents an experimental investigation on the applicability of the empirical mode decomposition (EMD) for identifying structural damage caused by a sudden change of structural stiffness. A three-story shear building model was constructed and installed on a shaking table with two springs horizontally connected to the first floor of the building to provide additional structural stiffness. Structural damage was simulated by suddenly releasing two pretensioned springs either simultaneously or successively. Various damage severities were produced using springs of different stiffness. A series of free vibration, random vibration, and earthquake simulation tests were performed on the building with sudden stiffness changes. Dynamic responses including floor accelerations and displacements, column strains, and spring releasing time instants were measured. The EMD was then applied to measured time histories to identify damage time instant and damage location for various test cases. The comparison of identified results with measured ones showed that damage time instants could be accurately detected in terms of damage spikes extracted directly from the measurement data by EMD. The damage location could be determined by the spatial distribution of the spikes along the building. The influence of damage severity, sampling frequency, and measured quantities on the performance of EMD for damage detection was also discussed.
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Published online: Oct 15, 2004
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