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Output only earthquake damage detection of moment resist frame using wavelet analysis and fractal dimension

  • School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A data-driven approach for earthquake damage detection and localization in multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) system subjected to strong ground motion is proposed. The new method is based on the combination of wavelet analysis and fractal characteristics. The box counting method is employed to obtain the fractal dimension of the time frequency distribution within the first natural frequency. It is verified that the proposed fractal dimensions at each DOF of linear system are identical, while the fractal dimension at the DOFs with nonlinearity will be different from those at the DOFs with linearity. Therefore, the nonlinearity or weakness of the structure caused by strong ground motion can be detected and localized through comparing the fractal dimensions at the measured DOFs. The numerical simulation on a three-bay sixteen-story moment resist frame shows that the aforementioned approach is capable of detecting and localizing seismic damage.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHealth Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2012
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
EventHealth Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2012 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 12 Mar 201215 Mar 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8348
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceHealth Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period12/03/1215/03/12

Keywords

  • Bilinear
  • Data-driven
  • Earthquake damage detection
  • Fractal dimension
  • Moment resist frame
  • Time-frequency feature
  • Wavelet analysis

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