I need to calculate the local stiffness of a cantilever beam with and without crack.
For the stiffness of the intact beam(without crack) I am using the following expression:
Kc=(3EI/L^3)
For the stiffness of the cracked beam I am using this expression:
Ko=EI/(6*pi*(1-v^2)*h*J); where J is an alpha function ( being alpha the crack ratio).
The problem is that using these two expressions I am getting higher Stiffness when the beam is cracked. Does anyone know how to fix this? Or if I am using the wrong expressions?
Thank you very much.