Crack detection in plates using fractal dimension

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1612-1625

  Hadjileontiadis, L J ^a   Douka, E ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crack detection; Fractal dimension; Noise robustness; Plate vibrations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; CRACK DETECTION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

NOISE ROBUSTNESS; PLATE VIBRATIONS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; CRACK DETECTION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CRACK; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; VIBRATION;

EID: 34249659018     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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