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Structural health monitoring (SHM) is one of the non destructive evaluations universally accepted to detect defect or damage in composite structures. The paper deals with detection of inter laminar delamination problems in composite mono leaf spring during service conditions by vibration techniques. The delamination detection is crucial issue as it leads to catastrophic failure. The vibration parameters such as natural frequency and modes shapes are evaluated for healthy and delaminated spring. It has been observed that some mode shapes are found to be more sensitive to the delaminated region. The presence, location and severity of delamination are simulated and validated by experimental modal analysis for both the spring and found closer approximation with each other.