Vibro-Impact Response of a Cracked Bar

The presence of a crack in a structure affects its dynamic behaviour under working conditions. Cracks introduce nonlinearities into the system; the use of such nonlinearities for damage detection should be investigated. A model of a one-dimensional cracked cantilever bar subjected to longitudinal ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vikrant R. Hiwarkar, Vladimir I. Babitsky, Vadim V. Silberschmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SAV-2010-0590