Research Article

Output-Only Damage Detection of Steel Beam Using Moving Average Filter

Table 1

Four damage scenarios considered in the numerical model analysis.

Scenarios1234

Crack depth-to-beam flange ratio40%30%40%30%
LocationAt Node 5 (mid-span)At Node 7At Nodes 2 & 5At Nodes 3 & 7
NameN5D40N7D30N2N5D40N3N7D30

Note. The scenarios are designated as N (damage location) D (delta). For example, N5D40 refers to a scenario where delta is 40% at Node 5, or N3N7D30 indicates the one where delta is 30% at Nodes 3 and 7.