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Presented paper deals with a method of detecting fatigue cracks in their early state of growth. The method uses optimisation tool consisting of genetic algorithm and gradient method. The applied fitness function is based on the changes in propagating waves.
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Krawczuk, M., Palacz, M., Ostachowicz, W. (2004). Genetic Algorithm for Fatigue Crack Detection in Timoshenko Beam. In: Burczyński, T., Osyczka, A. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Evolutionary Methods in Mechanics. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 117. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2267-0_19
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