Detection of damage in a space truss using modal data

摘要

A three-step damage detection procedure using modal data is developed for space trusses. The procedure is based on determining parameters associated with member stiffness matrices using a system identification technique. The first step is the refinement of the matrix using modal data from the undamaged structure. A modal residual vector is then used to determine whether or not damage has occurred. If it has, a minimization scheme is used to determine the parameters for only those members found to have been damaged. An eight-bay, hybrid-scaled truss designed and tested at NASA's Langley Research Center is used to verify the procedure. One damage case is used to illustrate the success of the procedure.