Journal
ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 747-766Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1260/1369-4332.17.5.747
Keywords
unified particle swarm optimization; crack assessment; inverse problem; modal data; finite element technique; natural frequency
Funding
- Aeronautical Research and Development Board, Ministry of defense (R&D), Govt. of India
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The present paper deals with the application of unified particle swarm optimization (UPSO) technique for solving crack assessment problems in frame like structures. UPSO is a scheme for improving performance of standard particle swarm optimization (SPSO) by harnessing its exploration and exploitation ability simultaneously. The objective function formulated for crack assessment purpose uses the changes in natural frequencies and mode shapes as the damage indicators. The efficiency of present crack assessment algorithm is demonstrated by conducting several studies. First, a numerical study conducted among several PSO variants, such as global best SPSO, local best SPSO, PSO with constriction factor, PSO with time varying acceleration coefficient and UPSO for accessing their performance in solving inverse problem for crack assessment. Secondly, the performance of UPSO based algorithm is validated with experimental results. Finally, numerical studies are conducted to investigate the performance of UPSO based algorithm in crack assessment using noisy modal data. The results of these studies indicate that the developed method is capable for crack detection and quantification with satisfactory precision.
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