FORMULATION OF SPECTRAL TRUSS ELEMENT FOR GUIDED WAVES DAMAGE DETECTION IN SPATIAL STEEL TRUSSES

摘要

This study presents a spectral finite element and time integration scheme for wave propagation in spatial truss structures of arbitrary geometry. The current approach does not limit the number of nodes per element. The numerical simulations have been performed for an ideal truss as well as for the truss with singularity points imposed by the additional mass. The accelerations time histories of elastic waves have been applied to find the locations of the additional masses. The detection of truss singularities based on the analysis of elastic waves is discussed.