Research Article

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

Table 2

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

MemberNominal/TheoreticalIdentified (EI/L) values in (kN-m) for the substructure
reduced by 15% reduced by 30% reduced by 50% reduced by 90%
IdentifiedError (%)IdentifiedError (%)IdentifiedError (%)IdentifiedError (%)


13476134790.02134790.02134790.02134790.02
14553145560.02145560.02145560.02145560.02
14553145800.19145940.28146130.41146530.69
1347611476−14.89460−29.86766−49.71357−89.9
14553145800.19145940.28146140.42146550.70

(b) Stage 2: Identification of whole frame

MemberNominal/TheoreticalIdentified (EI/L) values in (kN-m) for the whole frame
reduced by 15% reduced by 30% reduced by 50% reduced by 90%
24 DDOFs24 DDOFs24 DDOFs24 DDOFs
IdentifiedError (%)IdentifiedError (%)IdentifiedError (%)IdentifiedError (%)


13476136601.4138002.4140224.0141324.9
13476136601.4136040.9135160.3140114.0
1347613403−0.513339−1.013224−1.912015−10.8
1347613309−1.2135450.5138843.013338−1.0
1347613124−2.612722−5.612037−10.712318−8.6
13476136121.0137962.4142575.81521912.9
134761140715.4961028.7708547.4149688.9
1347613343−1.012960−3.812372−8.211843−12.1
1347613453−0.213197−2.112958−3.810902−19.1
14553148502.0151354.0156357.41606810.4
14553146120.4146570.7147571.4158038.6
1455314471−0.614366−1.314096−3.113402−7.9
1455314184−2.513952−4.113491−7.312110−16.8
14553145580.0149853.0155737.0146420.6
14553147061.1147961.7147431.314370−1.3
14553149292.6149242.5150813.61850227.1
1455314292−1.814098−3.113938−4.213103−10.0
14553146820.9150293.3154155.9146680.8
1455314417−0.914477−0.514466−0.6150393.3
14553146510.7148472.0151584.21849727.1
14553149052.4147451.3146600.712948−11.0

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