Research Article

Damage Identification in Structures Based on Energy Curvature Difference of Wavelet Packet Transform

Table 2

Test cases for damage severity identification in Example 1.

Case No.Damage elementDamage locationDamage levelYoung’s modulus

S1Element 9Between node 9 and node 105%210 GPa×95%
Element 16Between node 16 and node 175%210 GPa×95%
S2Element 9Between node 9 and node 1010%210 GPa×90%
Element 16Between node 16 and node 1710%210 GPa×90%
S3Element 9Between node 9 and node 1015%210 GPa×85%
Element 16Between node 16 and node 1715%210 GPa×85%
S4Element 9Between node 9 and node 1020%210 GPa×80%
Element 16Between node 16 and node 1720%210 GPa×80%