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Adaptive finite element analysis for damage detection of non-uniform Euler–Bernoulli beams with multiple cracks based on natural frequencies

Yongliang Wang, Yang Ju, Zhuo Zhuang, Chenfeng Li Orcid Logo

Engineering Computations, Volume: 35, Issue: 3, Pages: 1203 - 1229

Swansea University Author: Chenfeng Li Orcid Logo

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PurposeThis study aims to develop an adaptive finite element method for structural eigenproblems of cracked Euler–Bernoulli beams via the superconvergent patch recovery displacement technique. This research comprises the numerical algorithm and experimental results for free vibration problems (forwa...

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Published in: Engineering Computations
ISSN: 0264-4401
Published: 2018
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40784
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Abstract: PurposeThis study aims to develop an adaptive finite element method for structural eigenproblems of cracked Euler–Bernoulli beams via the superconvergent patch recovery displacement technique. This research comprises the numerical algorithm and experimental results for free vibration problems (forward eigenproblems) and damage detection problems (inverse eigenproblems).Design/methodology/approachThe weakened properties analogy is used to describe cracks in this model. The adaptive strategy proposed in this paper provides accurate, efficient and reliable eigensolutions of frequency and mode (i.e. eigenpairs as eigenvalue and eigenfunction) for Euler–Bernoulli beams with multiple cracks. Based on the frequency measurement method for damage detection, using the difference between the actual and computed frequencies of cracked beams, the inverse eigenproblems are solved iteratively for identifying the residuals of locations and sizes of the cracks by the Newton–Raphson iteration technique. In the crack detection, the estimated residuals are added to obtain reliable results, which is an iteration process that will be expedited by more accurate frequency solutions based on the proposed method for free vibration problems.FindingsNumerical results are presented for free vibration problems and damage detection problems of representative non-uniform and geometrically stepped Euler–Bernoulli beams with multiple cracks to demonstrate the effectiveness, efficiency, accuracy and reliability of the proposed method.Originality/valueThe proposed combination of methodologies described in the paper leads to a very powerful approach for free vibration and damage detection of beams with cracks, introducing the mesh refinement, that can be extended to deal with the damage detection of frame structures.
Keywords: Damage detection, Free vibration, Adaptive finite element method, Beam with multiple cracks, Forward eigenproblems, Inverse eigenproblems
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 3
Start Page: 1203
End Page: 1229