Research Article

An Efficient Damage Identification Method for Simply Supported Beams Based on Strain Energy Information Entropy

Table 2

Damage degree values for multipoint damage case studies.

Damage caseDamage element no.Damage degree values (%)Identification error (%)

26.4422.36
12.0817.21

37.1429.97
12.4119.41
13.0623.43

412.8825.79
17.4019.45
7.4224.56