Damage localization and quantification of tower structures based on the super-element method

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REM, Int. Eng. J.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2021-01

RESUMO

Abstract Tower structures are sensitive to hurricanes or earthquakes, whereupon they are easily damaged due to large deflection and dynamic responses. Herein, a method is proposed to accurately identify the location and extent of damage in tower structures. Firstly, a tower structure is divided into several sections along its height, and each section is regarded as a super element. Based on the finite element method (FEM), the displacement, mass, and stiffness matrices of a super element are constructed to establish the free motion equation of tower structures. Secondly, the stiffness of each component of the tower structure is included in a coefficient as the damage parameter. The first-order partial derivative of the frequencies and mode shapes of the structure for the damage parameters is obtained through Taylor expansion to construct overdetermined linear equations with the damage parameters as unknown. The values of the damage parameters can be obtained by solving the equations, and the locations and extent of damages of the structure can be obtained according to the number and values of the parameters. Furthermore, to greatly improve the accuracy of the damage identification, the modification of modal truncation error is proposed. Finally, the numerical simulation of a 12-story steel TV tower verifies the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.

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