Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Modal characteristics-based damage identification in repeating structures
A.U. Rehman, F.H. Shah & S. Nazar
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
C.E. Lord
Dynamics Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
A. Javed
Department of Physics, The University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
ABSTRACT: Crack initiation and propagation in a bladed system typically alters its overall dynamic response
by causing local variation in the stiffness. The presence of a crack in one part of the repeating