Continuous wavelet transform （CWT） was applied to the curvature modal analysis of simply supported beams with various defects. The results show that it is possible to determine the damage location in structures according to the wavelet transform coefficients of the curvature modals. If the damage location is near the equilibrium position of vibration, the damage location can be identified by superposition of the wavelet transform coefficients of the curvature modals. The further results show that there is essentially no relationship between t...
