Zenon Mróz - Böcker

This text is a state of the art presentation of theories and methods related to the problem of the behaviour of mechanical structures under variable loads beyond their elastic limit. In particular, the problems of shakedown, ratchetting, transient and asymptotic cyclic states are addressed. Four chapters, each composed of individual articles, treat the material modelling for cyclic loading conditions, general theories of accommodated states of structures, effects of changes of the geometry on the inelastic structural response and numerical techniques with applications to particular engineering problems. This book should be of interest to all mechanical and civil engineers involved in design of mechanical elements and structures exposed to variable mechanical and thermal loads and which may suffer inelastic deformations during their lifetime.

The nature and the human creations are full of complex phenomena, which sometimes can be observed but rarely follow our hypotheses. The best we can do is to build a parametric model and then try to adjust the unknown parameters based on the available observations. This topic, called parameter identification, is discussed in this book for materials and structures. The present volume of lecture notes follows a very successful advanced school, which we had the honor to coordinate in Udine, October 6-10, 2003. The authors of this volume present a wide spectrum of theories, methods and applications related to inverse and parameter identification problems. We thank the invited lecturers and the authors of this book for their contributions, the participants of the course for their active participation and the interesting discussions as well as the people of CISMfor their hospitality and their well-known professional help. Zenon Mroz Georgios E. Stavroulakis CONTENTS Preface An overview of enhanced modal identification by L. Bolognini 1 The reciprocity gap functional for identifying defects and cracks by H. D. Bui, A. Constantinescu and H. Maigre 17 Some innovative industrial prospects centered on inverse analyses by G. Maier, M. Bocciarelli andR. Fedele 55 Identification of damage in beam and plate structures using parameter dependent modal changes and thermographic methods by Z. Mroz andK. Dems 95 Crack and flaw identification in statics and dynamics, using filter algorithms and soft computing by G. E, Stavroulakis, M. Engelhardt andH.