Siavash Nadjafi

[ 1 ] - An effective approach for damage identification in beam-like structures based on modal flexibility curvature and particle swarm optimization

In this paper, a computationally simple approach for damage localization and quantification in beam-like structures is proposed. This method is based on using modal flexibility curvature (MFC) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Analytical studies in the literature have shown that changes in the modal flexibility curvature can be considered as a sensitive and suitable criterion for...