TY - JOUR TI - The application of artificial neural networks in the identification of damage in beams – numerical and experimental studies AU - Borowiec, Artur AU - Ziemiański, Leonard TI - The application of artificial neural networks in the identification of damage in beams – numerical and experimental studies AB - This paper presents the application of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) in the identification of damage (location, extent) in simple laboratory beam structure. The assessment of the state of a beams relies on the comparison of the structure eigenfrequencies obtained from the systems with additional masses placed in different nodes without knowledge of the natural frequencies of undamaged structures. VL - 2012 IS - Mechanics Issue 8-M (22) 2012 PY - 2012 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 3 EP - 13 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.14.037.1814 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/the-application-of-artificial-neural-networks-in-the-identification-of-damage-in-beams-numerical-and-experimental-studies KW - artificial neural networks KW - damage identification KW - modal analysis