DAMAGE ANALYSIS AND DETECTION UNDER VARYING ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS USING A CHAOS THEORY METHODS
The paper is devoted to problem of analysis, identification and prediction of the presence of damages, which above a certain level may present a serious threat to the engineering (vibrating) structures such as different technical systems (hydrotechnical equipment, hydroelectrical station engines, atomic reactors ones etc). Usually change of structural dynamic properties due to environmental, operational and other effects allows to determine the existence, location and size of damages.