Identification of multiple cracks using a dynamic mesh-refinement method

The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-39

  Chen, X F ^a   Zi, Y Y ^a   Li, B ^a   He, Z J ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dynamic mesh refinement method (DMRM); identification; multiple cracks; natural frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996152149     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: 20413130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/030932405X30911     Document Type: Article

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