ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

II

LIST OF FIGURES

III

LIST OF TABLES

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NOMENCLATURE

V
INDEX

1.

2.

INTRODUCTION

01

1.1

INTRODUCTION

01

1.2

CLASSIFICATION OF CRACK

LITERATURE SYRVEY

02

2.1

ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR FREE VIBRATION OF BEAM

04

2.2

ANALYSIS OF BEAM WITH CRACK USING ROTATIONAL SPRING

05

APPROACH
2.3

CRACK DETECTION IN THE CANTILEVER BEAM BY ROTATIONAL SPRING

06

APPROACH
2.4

3.

EXPERIMENTAL SET UP

09

2.4.1 Required Equipment

09

2.4.2 Experiment Procedure

12

ENTITY PROJECTS

13

3.1

RESULTS

13

3.2

CHANGES IN NATURAL FREQUENCIES

14

CONCLUSION

16

REFERENCES

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