A new hybrid PSO-YUKI for double cracks identification in CFRP cantilever beam

The durability and simplicity of the programming of meta-heuristic algorithms make them important in the optimization field. This paper presents a novel application for double cracks identification in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) cantilever beams based on experimental and numerical analyses using enhanced optimization techniques. A new hybrid algorithm Particle Swarm Optimization and YUKI (PSO-YUKI) is pro-posed and combined with Radial Basis Functions (RBF) for solving fast inverse problems. The direct problem is based on the results of the dynamic experimental test of CFRP laminate, measuring the dynamics characteristics of a healthy beam, and the variation in the response corresponding to different scenarios of double cracks with different depths. The Finite Element Method (FEM) is used to simulate this vibrational behavior considering double cracks in different locations. The goal is creating an accurate damage identification method that has a high computational performance, based on the idea of building models that combines the vibrational responses issued from the experiments and simulations. The suggested method is tested based on collected data from numerical and experimental modal analyses in the case of undamaged and damaged CFRP laminates to demonstrate its accuracy and efficiency. The provided results show the robustness of PSO-YUKI compared with PSO for double cracks depth identification. The Matlab Code of PSO-YUKI can be found at https://github.com/ Samir-Khatir/Hybrid-PSO-YUKI-.git.