The effect of nonlinearity is high sensitivity in damage detection, especially for closed cracks and delamination. This review illustrates the results of several researchers dealing with nonlinear effects caused by the closure of cracks in the structure, i.e., beam and plate structures. Early detection of damage is an important aspect for the structure and, therefore, continuous progress is being made in developing new and effective...

W pracy proponuje się model ramy cienkościennej zbudowany z prętów cienkościennych i superelementów węzłowych do analizy dragń swobodnych. Dzięki temu modelowi istnieje możliwość uwzględnienia wpływu deformacji węzłów na częstości i postacie drgań własnych. Porównanie wyników analizy numerycznej z rezultatami opatymi na modelu jednowymiarowym, belkowym i modelu podziału ramy na dwuwymiarowe elemnty skończone wskazuje na poprawność...

The performance of selected equivalent single-layer (ESL) models is evaluated within several classical benchmark tests for small amplitude free vibration analysis of multi-layered plates. The authors elaborated their own Finite Element software based on the first-order shear deformation (FOSD) theory with some modifications incorporated including a correction of the transverse shear stiffness and an application of zigzag type functions....

This paper presents the concept of repairing the stand of a motorbike speedway stadium. The synchronized dancing of fans cheering during a meeting brought the stand into excessive resonance. The main goal of this research was to propose a method for the structural tuning of stadium stands. Non-destructive testing by vibration methods was conducted on a selected stand segment, the structure of which recurred on the remaining stadium...