ABSTRACT
Nandakumar & Shankar (2015) presented a novel structural damage detection scheme using Transfer Matrix (TM). This scheme is suitable for local crack identification in large structures by different measurement strategies for the initial state vector near the zone of interest. Li & Hao (2015) investigated the use of relative displacement measurements from the newly developed relative displacement sensors to identify the damage of shear connectors in composite bridges. Continuous Wavelet Transform and Hilbert-Huang Transform are applied to analyze the measured dynamic responses and to identify the damage of shear connectors in the composite bridge model under moving loads. The results demonstrate that relative displacement is a better response quantity for structural health monitoring of composite bridges.
