Wind turbine structures are key components for modern transformation into free energy and
greener environment. In recent years, a rapid growth in the development and installation of …

Vibration-based damage detection is a range of methods that utilizes the dynamic response
of a structure to evaluate its condition and detect damage. It is an important approach for …

The vibration responses of structures under controlled or ambient excitation can be used to
detect structural damage by correlating changes in structural dynamic properties extracted …

Extracting damage features precisely while overcoming the adverse interferences of
measurement noise and incomplete data is a problem demanding prompt solution in …

In this paper, the modal curvatures of experimental and numerical reinforced concrete (RC)
beams were analyzed by wavelet transform to find the locations and severities of damages …

Wavelet analysis can be used in local damage detection due to its ability of revealing
discontinuities induced by damage in the displacement field. This paper focuses on the …

This paper presents an efficient model for vehicle-slab track coupled dynamic analysis
addressing the challenge problem of multiple slab cracks in high-speed railways. The multi …

Non-uniform crack identification in plate-like structures is of significance in mechanical,
aerospace, and civil engineering. The 2D modal curvature is often utilized to identify …

A novel methodology for multiple flaw detection is presented in this study. It combines the
dynamic extended finite element method (XFEM) with machine learning for the first time. The …

This unprecedented study aims to demonstrate the potential to locate crack damage and
severity in full-scale railway prestressed concrete sleepers. The dynamic mode shape …