online read us now
Paper details
Number 2 - June 2015
Volume 25 - 2015
A hybrid procedure to identify the optimal stiffness coefficients of elastically restrained beams
Tiago Silva, Maria Loja, Nuno Maia, Joaquim Barbosa
Abstract
The formulation of a bending vibration problem of an elastically restrained Bernoulli–Euler beam carrying a finite number
of concentrated elements along its length is presented. In this study, the authors exploit the application of the differential
evolution optimization technique to identify the torsional stiffness properties of the elastic supports of a Bernoulli–Euler
beam. This hybrid strategy allows the determination of the natural frequencies and mode shapes of continuous beams,
taking into account the effect of attached concentrated masses and rotational inertias, followed by a reconciliation step
between the theoretical model results and the experimental ones. The proposed optimal identification of the elastic support
parameters is computationally demanding if the exact eigenproblem solving is considered. Hence, the use of a Gaussian
process regression as a meta-model is addressed. An experimental application is used in order to assess the accuracy of the
estimated parameters throughout the comparison of the experimentally obtained natural frequency, from impact tests, and
the correspondent computed eigenfrequency.
Keywords
transverse vibration, Bernoulli–Euler beam, elastic support, torsional stiffness coefficient, differential evolution, Kriging predictor