A Universal Fast Algorithm for Sensitivity-Based Structural Damage Detection

Table 1

Comparisons of the estimated damage parameters by the original flexibility sensitivity method and the fast algorithm (Example 1).

Damage case	Element no.	True damage reduction	Damage parameters computed by the original flexibility sensitivity method	Damage parameters computed by the universal fast algorithm
1	2	0.15	0.1765	0.15
2	2	0.8	4	0.8
3	2, 3	0.6, 0.5	1.5, 1	0.6, 0.5