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A. Aabid et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 67 (2024) 137-152; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.67.10

Optimization of damage repair with piezoelectric actuators using the Taguchi method

Abdul Aabid Department of Engineering Management, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University, PO BOX 66833, Riyadh 11586, Saudi Arabia aaabid@psu.edu.sa Meftah Hrairi*, Jaffar Syed Mohamed Ali Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, P.O.

Box 10, 50725 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia meftah@iium.edu.my, jaffar@iium.edu.my

Citation: Aabid, A., Hrairi, M., Mohambed Ali, J. S., Optimization of damage repair with piezoelectric actuators using the Taguchi method, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 67 (2024) 137-152.

Received: 20.08.2023 Accepted: 09.11.2023 Online first: 19.11.2023 Published: 01.01.2024

Copyright: © 2024 This is an open access article under the terms of the CC-BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

K EYWORDS . Active control, Cracks, PZT material, Finite element method, Optimization, Structures.

I NTRODUCTION onitoring/Repairing of existing structures as a foundation for the evaluation of structural safety is becoming extremely important due to the rising number of aging structures. One of the key goals of monitoring the health and repairing of structures results in guarantee structural integrity [1], [2]. Engineering is using smart materials more frequently, which improves their capacity to fix defects and cracks in the structures and can monitor the health of M

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