A two-step identification method for crack parameter identification of train axles

Abstract

In this paper, a crack parameter identification method based on the coordinate of 1x intersections and Kriging surrogate model with enhanced samples is proposed to solve the crack parameter identification problem of train axles in start-stop condition. The location of the crack is identified in the first step by the x-coordinate of the linear intersection of 1x frequency components. Then, the intersecting coordinates and rigid constraint points were used to solve response curves of equal crack depth, and numerous enhanced samples of same depth at different positions were obtained to establish a Kriging model. Finally, the crack depth was directly obtained by the Kriging model. In this paper, response curve s of equal crack depth is proposed according to the symmetry of the train structure, which greatly reduces the number of samples needed to construct the Kriging model. Numerical simulation and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method.