TY - EJOU AU - Brocks, W. AU - Scheider, I. TI - Identification of Material Parameters for Structural Analyses T2 - Structural Durability \& Health Monitoring PY - 2010 VL - 6 IS - 3&4 SN - 1930-2991 AB - Material parameters are adjustable coefficients in constitutive equations of the mechanical behaviour. Their identification requires a combined experimental and numerical approach, which results in a generally ill-posed inverse problem. Methods commonly applied in computational mechanics like optimisation and neural networks are addressed, and problems like sensitivity, uniqueness and stability are discussed. The cohesive model for describing ductile tearing is chosen as practical example to substantiate the general considerations. KW - parameter identification KW - optimisation KW - evolution strategy KW - neural network KW - cohesive model DO - 10.3970/sdhm.2010.006.189