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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 33, Number 5, November30 2009 , pages 543-560
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2009.33.5.543
 


Crack identification in short shafts using wavelet-based element and neural networks
Jiawei Xiang, Xuefeng Chen, Lianfa Yang

 
Abstract
    The rotating Rayleigh-Timoshenko beam element based on B-spline wavelet on the interval (BSWI) is constructed to discrete short shaft and stiffness disc. The crack is represented by nondimensional linear spring using linear fracture mechanics theory. The wavelet-based finite element model of rotor system is constructed to solve the first three natural frequencies functions of normalized crack location and depth. The normalized crack location, normalized crack depth and the first three natural frequencies are then employed as the training samples to achieve the neural networks for crack diagnosis. Measured natural frequencies are served as inputs of the trained neural networks and the normalized crack location and depth can be identified. The experimental results of fatigue crack in short shaft is also given.
 
Key Words
    short shaft; wavelet-based element; neural networks; crack identification.
 
Address
Jiawei Xiang: School of Mechantronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering (Xi
 

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