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JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 47-55Publisher
KOREAN SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-012-1230-9
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Bees algorithm; Cantilever beam; Modal testing; Multiple crack detection
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This study presents an inverse procedure to identify multiple cracks in beams using an evolutionary algorithm. By considering the crack detection procedure as an optimization problem, an objective function can be constructed based on the change of the eigenfrequencies and some strain energy parameters. Each crack is modeled by a rotational spring. The changes in natural frequencies due to the presence of the cracks are related to a damage index vector. Then, the bees algorithm, a swarm-based evolutionary optimization technique, is used to optimize the objective function and find the damage index vector, whose positive components show the number and position of the cracks. A second objective function is also optimized to find the crack depths. Several experimental studies on cracked cantilever beams are conducted to ensure the integrity of the proposed method. The results show that the number of cracks as well as their sizes and locations can be predicted well through this method.
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