Journal of Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics
39, 4, pp. 815-823, Warsaw 2001
and Applied Mechanics
39, 4, pp. 815-823, Warsaw 2001
Genetic algorithms in fatigue crack detection
This paper presents results on the identification of fatigue cracks in beams via genetic search technique and changes in natural frequencies. The location and size of the crack are determined by minimisation of an error function involving the difference between the calculated and "measured" natural frequencies. The simulation studies indicate that the changes in the natural frequencies and genetic algorithm allows one to estimate the fatigue crack parameters (location and size) very accurately and fast.
Keywords: fatigue crack detection; vibration methods; genetic algorithms