The paper presents a method to locate discontinuities in form of transversal cracks in beams, based on vibration measurements. Patterns characterizing frequency changes of the first ten weak-axis bending vibration modes are determined for all possible locations on the structure, using a relation contrived by the authors. It base on the correlation between the strain energy stored in a segment of the beam, which is proportional with the square of

This paper proposes a vibration-based damage detection method designed for structural elements subjected to important vertical loads, as columns or pillars. The method is based on the relation existing between the energy stored in the pillar in several vibration modes and the corresponding natural frequencies. For a certain mode, this energy results as the sum of the energies stored in all pillar slices, being dependent on the rigidity and the squared

In this paper, a vibration-based damage detection method designed for thin plates is proposed. The method bases on the relation existing between the strain energy stored in the plate in several vibration modes and the respective natural frequencies. For any mode, the strain energy results as sum of the energies stored in all plate elements in that mode. It depends on the square of the mode shape curvature achieved in each element location for the