Research Article

Fault Diagnosis of Beam-Like Structure Using Modified Fuzzy Technique

Table 2

Linguistic terms used for membership functions.

Name of the membership functionLinguistic termsDescription and range of the linguistic terms

L1F1, L1F2, L1F3, L1F4fnf1 to 4Low ranges of relative natural frequency for first mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
M1F1, M1F2fnf5 to 6Medium ranges of relative natural frequency for first mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
H1F1, H1F2, H1F3, H1F4fnf7 to 10Higher ranges of relative natural frequency for first mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
L2F1, L2F2, L2F3, L2F4snf1 to 4Low ranges of relative natural frequency for second mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
M2F1, M2F2snf5 to 6Medium ranges of relative natural frequency for second mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
H2F1, H2F2, H2F3, H2F4snf7 to 10Higher ranges of relative natural frequency for second mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
L3F1, L3F2, L3F3, L3F4tnf1 to 4Low ranges of relative natural frequency for third mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
M3F1, M3F2tnf5 to 6Medium ranges of relative natural frequency for third mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
H3F1, H3F2, H3F3, H3F4tnf7 to 10Higher ranges of relative natural frequency for third mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
L1M1, L1M2, L1M3, L1M4fms1 to 4Low ranges of mode shape deflection for first mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
M1M1, M1M2fms5 to 6Medium ranges of mode shape deflection for first mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
H1M1, H1M2, H1M3, H1M4fms7 to 10Higher ranges of mode shape deflection for first mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
L2M1, L2M2, L2M3, L2M4sms1 to 4Low ranges of mode shape deflection for second mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
M2M1, M2M2sms5 to 6Medium ranges of mode shape deflection for second mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
H2M1, H2M2, H2M3, H2M4sms7 to 10Higher ranges of mode shape deflection for second mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
L3M1, L3M2, L3M3, L3M4tms1 to 4Low ranges of mode shape deflection for third mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
M3M1, M3M2tms5 to 6Medium ranges of mode shape deflection for third mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
H3M1, H3M2, H3M3, H3M4tms7 to 10Higher ranges of mode shape deflection for third mode of vibration in ascending order, respectively
SD1, SD2, SD3, SD4rcd1 to 4Small ranges of relative crack depth in ascending order, respectively
MD1, MD2rcd5 to 6Medium ranges of relative crack depth in ascending order, respectively
HD1, HD2, HD3, HD4rcd7 to 10Larger ranges of relative crack depth in ascending order, respectively
SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4rcl1 to 4Small ranges of relative crack location in ascending order, respectively
ML1, ML2rcl5 to 6Medium ranges of relative crack location in ascending order, respectively
HL1, HL2, HL3, HL4rcl7 to 10Bigger ranges of relative crack location in ascending order