Research Article

Health Assessment of Large Two Dimensional Structures Using Limited Information: Recent Advances

Table 1

Stiffness parameter (EI/L) identification for defect-free frame using GILS-EKF-UI.
(a) Stage 1: Identification of substructure

MemberIdentified (EI/L) values in (kN-m)
Nominal/TheoreticalIdentifiedError (%)


k113476134790.024
k414553145560.021
k1114553145670.093
k1513476134890.094
k1814553145670.093

(b) Stage 2: Identification of whole frame

MemberNominal/TheoreticalIdentified (EI/L) values in (kN-m) for the whole frame
15 DDOFs18 DDOFs21 DDOFs24 DDOFs
IdentifiedIdentifiedIdentifiedIdentifiedError (%)


1347611549142491347313545 0.51
134766384152411324413681 1.52
134762422983211377913497 0.16
134762930101491168013109 −2.73
1347650270152491117013519 0.32
1347640685170621663913458 −0.14
1347612047100151173713153 −2.40
134766082103871030313705 1.70
1347614577173221887913808 2.46
1455327805160371451414601 0.33
1455310595154851441014542 −0.08
1455311857122731469314547 −0.04
1455313325244121433314432 −0.83
1455311798108591267214192 −2.48
145539602104971171614552 −0.01
1455314115182011449414903 2.41
1455322920212182178414547 −0.04
1455317465102721257214375 −1.22
1455310073115681167114312 −1.66
145539499197701373014351 −1.39
14553281121749620806151774.29


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