Kurtosis analysis for crack detection in thin isotropic rectangular plates

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2353-2364

  Hadjileontiadis, Leontios J ^a   Douka, Evanthia ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crack detection; Kurtosis; Noise robustness analysis; Plate vibrations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK DETECTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CRACK DEPTH; CRACK LENGTH; KURTOSIS ANALYSIS; NOISE STRESS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK DETECTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS CONCENTRATION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CRACK; SIMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 34547512385     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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