Research Article

On the Use of Singular Vectors for the Flexibility-Based Damage Detection under the Assumption of Unknown Structural Masses

Figure 5

Model used for calculating the translational stiffness of the equivalent shear-deflecting cantilever beam. (a) A shear-type frame story; (b) a continuous element of the same length, subjected to the same shear of the scheme on (a).
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