Numerical and experimental verification of a technique for locating a fatigue crack on beams vibrating under Gaussian excitation

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2992-3001

  Benfratello, S ^a   Cacciola, P ^b   Impollonia, N ^c   Masnata, A ^a   Muscolino, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crack detection; Fatigue crack; Non Gaussian PDF; Non linear system; Skewness

Indexed keywords

CRACK DETECTION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

GAUSSIAN EXCITATION; SKEWNESS COEFFICIENT;

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK DETECTION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 34548726038     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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