Issue 49

E.U.L. Palechor et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 49 (2019) 614-629; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.56 621 Figure 14 : LabView control panel. The flowchart of the methodology validation The following flowcharts presents a scheme for the validation of the proposed damage identification method – see Fig. 15: Figure 15 : Flow chart of the methodology proposed. Simulation of  Damage Discretization of Beam  n elements   n+1 nodes Damage identification Method propose Impact Force   Positioning  Additional Mass  at node  Get time signal   Application of  Exponential Window  Application of Fast  Fourier Transform (FFT) Identification of the  Maximum Values of  the FFT Application of Frequency  Correction Method  Last Position of Mass Plotting of discrete values: Frequencies vs. mass position Interpolation values  (Cubic Spline) Application of  Discrete  Wavelet Transform (DWT) Localization of Damage Add Gaussian  Noise