Crack identification by 'arrival time' using XFEM and a genetic algorithm

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-359

  Rabinovich, Daniel ^a   Givoli, Dan ^a   Vigdergauz, Shmuel ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arrival time; Crack detection; Extended finite element method (XFEM); Genetic algorithm; Health monitoring; Identification; Inverse problem; Non destructive testing; Wave scattering

Indexed keywords

CRACK DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MONITORING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

ARRIVAL TIME; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (XFEM); HEALTH MONITORING; IDENTIFICATION; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; WAVE SCATTERING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 60949099135     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2416     Document Type: Article

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