Research Article

A New Flexibility Based Damage Index for Damage Detection of Truss Structures

Table 2

Four different damage cases induced in 47-bar planar power line tower.

Case 1Case 2Case 3Case 4
Element numberDamage ratioElement numberDamage ratioElement numberDamage ratioElement numberDamage ratio

270.3070.3030.30250.30
190.20300.25380.25
470.20430.20