Abstract
The experimental validation of a structural health monitoring system based on the peculiar nonlinear dynamic response of cracked structures is proposed in this letter. The higher order harmonic response signal is a technique which allows detecting the location of a breathing crack taking advantage of the nonlinear dynamic response proper of a cracked structure. The experimental results show that information carried by the nonlinear harmonics allow detecting the structural damage without requiring a baseline signal of the healthy structure.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 254101 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue number | 25 |
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| State | Published - Dec 1 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)