Identification of Crack Location in Beam Structures Using Wavelet Transform and Fractal Dimension

Identification of structural crack location has become an intensely investigated subject due to its practical importance. In this paper, a hybrid method is presented to detect crack locations using wavelet transform and fractal dimension (FD) for beam structures. Wavelet transform is employed to dec...

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Main Authors: Yong-Ying Jiang, Bing Li, Zhou-Suo Zhang, Xue-Feng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/832763
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description Identification of structural crack location has become an intensely investigated subject due to its practical importance. In this paper, a hybrid method is presented to detect crack locations using wavelet transform and fractal dimension (FD) for beam structures. Wavelet transform is employed to decompose the mode shape of the cracked beam. In many cases, small crack location cannot be identified from approximation signal and detailed signals. And FD estimation method is applied to calculate FD parameters of detailed signals. The crack locations will be detected accurately by FD singularity of the detailed signals. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated by numerical simulations and experimental investigations for a cantilever beam. The results indicate that the proposed method is feasible and can been extended to more complex structures.
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spelling doaj-art-bc161b6a5baa4022a42c7ec8bc297eb52025-08-20T02:18:43ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032015-01-01201510.1155/2015/832763832763Identification of Crack Location in Beam Structures Using Wavelet Transform and Fractal DimensionYong-Ying Jiang0Bing Li1Zhou-Suo Zhang2Xue-Feng Chen3The State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an 710049, ChinaThe State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an 710049, ChinaThe State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an 710049, ChinaThe State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an 710049, ChinaIdentification of structural crack location has become an intensely investigated subject due to its practical importance. In this paper, a hybrid method is presented to detect crack locations using wavelet transform and fractal dimension (FD) for beam structures. Wavelet transform is employed to decompose the mode shape of the cracked beam. In many cases, small crack location cannot be identified from approximation signal and detailed signals. And FD estimation method is applied to calculate FD parameters of detailed signals. The crack locations will be detected accurately by FD singularity of the detailed signals. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated by numerical simulations and experimental investigations for a cantilever beam. The results indicate that the proposed method is feasible and can been extended to more complex structures.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/832763
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title Identification of Crack Location in Beam Structures Using Wavelet Transform and Fractal Dimension
title_full Identification of Crack Location in Beam Structures Using Wavelet Transform and Fractal Dimension
title_fullStr Identification of Crack Location in Beam Structures Using Wavelet Transform and Fractal Dimension
title_full_unstemmed Identification of Crack Location in Beam Structures Using Wavelet Transform and Fractal Dimension
title_short Identification of Crack Location in Beam Structures Using Wavelet Transform and Fractal Dimension
title_sort identification of crack location in beam structures using wavelet transform and fractal dimension
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