My research is focused on the vibration analysis of cracked structural members. I’ve been using some numerical methods including the dynamic stiffness method (DSM), the Rayleigh-Ritz method, and the FEM. An application of my research is crack detection for plates and skeletal structures based on natural frequency measurement.

DSM and the Wittrick-Williams algorithm

The Rayleigh-Ritz method

Experimental modal analysis

Numerical Integration