Minimum variance Lamb wave imaging based on weighted sparse decomposition coefficients in quasi-isotropic composite laminates

2021 ◽  
pp. 114432
Author(s):  
Caibin Xu ◽  
Zhibo Yang ◽  
Hao Zuo ◽  
Mingxi Deng
Keyword(s):  
Lamb Wave ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Minimum Variance ◽  
Sparse Decomposition ◽  
Isotropic Composite ◽  
Wave Imaging

Damage localization with fiber Bragg grating Lamb wave sensing through adaptive phased array imaging

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 334-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenhua Tian ◽  
Lingyu Yu ◽  
Xiaoyi Sun ◽  
Bin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Bragg Grating ◽  
Electromagnetic Interference ◽  
Lamb Wave ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Minimum Variance ◽  
Bragg Grating ◽  
Damage Localization ◽  
Weighting Factors ◽  
Wave Imaging ◽  
Grating Array

Fiber Bragg gratings are known being immune to electromagnetic interference and emerging as Lamb wave sensors for structural health monitoring of plate-like structures. However, their application for damage localization in large areas has been limited by their direction-dependent sensor factor. This article addresses such a challenge and presents a robust damage localization method for fiber Bragg grating Lamb wave sensing through the implementation of adaptive phased array algorithms. A compact linear fiber Bragg grating phased array is configured by uniformly distributing the fiber Bragg grating sensors along a straight line and axially in parallel to each other. The Lamb wave imaging is then performed by phased array algorithms without weighting factors (conventional delay-and-sum) and with adaptive weighting factors (minimum variance). The properties of both imaging algorithms, as well as the effects of fiber Bragg grating’s direction-dependent sensor factor, are characterized, analyzed, and compared in details. The results show that this compact fiber Bragg grating array can precisely locate damage in plates, while the comparisons show that the minimum variance method has a better imaging resolution than that of the delay-and-sum method and is barely affected by fiber Bragg grating’s direction-dependent sensor factor. Laboratory tests are also performed with a four–fiber Bragg grating array to detect simulated defects at different directions. Both delay-and-sum and minimum variance methods can successfully locate defects at different positions, and their results are consistent with analytical predictions.

Damage imaging for composite using Lamb wave based on minimum variance distortion-less response method

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (15) ◽  
pp. 4179-4186
Author(s):  
Chenhui Su ◽  
Mingshun Jiang ◽  
Shanshan Lv ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Faye Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Lamb Wave ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Maximum Error ◽  
Minimum Variance ◽  
Damage Imaging

It is highly probable for the structures of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) to suffer from invisible impact damage, for which the identification of such damage is of great significance. For the purpose of damage localization, this paper proposes a minimum variance distortion-less response (MVDR) algorithm that employs linear array sensor. In addition, a near field signal model based on active Lamb wave is established and the propagation of Lamb wave is investigated in composite laminates through the method of simulation. Moreover, a damage imaging system is also set up for composites to verify the effectiveness of the MVDR algorithm. Besides, in the study, wavelet transform is used as well to extract narrowband signals and promote signal-to-noise. It is shown by the results that the proposed algorithm can accurately identify the location of damage through the method of imaging. It is concluded that the maximum error of damage identification is 1.2 cm and MVDR algorithm has great potential in the field, damage imaging of composite materials. As a result, it provides a novel idea for damage imaging of composite materials.

Minimum variance guided wave imaging in a quasi-isotropic composite plate

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 025013 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S Hall ◽  
Peter McKeon ◽  
L Satyanarayan ◽  
Jennifer E Michaels ◽  
Nico F Declercq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Plate ◽  
Minimum Variance ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Isotropic Composite ◽  
Wave Imaging

Effect of Transverse Moduli on Through-Thickness Hygrothermal Expansion Coefficients of Composite Laminates

2001 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 878-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-L. Yeh ◽  
H.-Y. Yeh
Keyword(s):  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Stress Condition ◽  
Physical Phenomenon ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Plane Stress Condition ◽  
Geometrical Symmetry ◽  
Thermal Expansion Coefficients ◽  
Isotropic Composite ◽  
Practical Analysis ◽  
Expansion Coefficients

In practical analysis, under a plane stress condition, a unidirectional lamina can be assumed with E2=E3 from geometrical symmetry consideration. However, from an academic point of view, it is interesting to study the case of a lamina with E2≠E3. In this paper the preliminary results of the physical phenomenon about the effect of different transverse moduli E2 and E3 on the through-thickness thermal expansion coefficients αz of quasi-isotropic composite laminates is presented.

scholarly journals Wave Propagation Analysis in Composite Laminates Containing a Delamination Using a Three-Dimensional Spectral Element Method

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fucai Li ◽  
Haikuo Peng ◽  
Xuewei Sun ◽  
Jinfu Wang ◽  
Guang Meng
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Lamb Wave ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Spectral Element Method ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Spectral Element ◽  
Wave Mode ◽  
Diagonal Form ◽  
Element Method

A three-dimensional spectral element method (SEM) was developed for analysis of Lamb wave propagation in composite laminates containing a delamination. SEM is more efficient in simulating wave propagation in structures than conventional finite element method (FEM) because of its unique diagonal form of the mass matrix. Three types of composite laminates, namely, unidirectional-ply laminates, cross-ply laminates, and angle-ply laminates are modeled using three-dimensional spectral finite elements. Wave propagation characteristics in intact composite laminates are investigated, and the effectiveness of the method is validated by comparison of the simulation results with analytical solutions based on transfer matrix method. Different Lamb wave mode interactions with delamination are evaluated, and it is demonstrated that symmetric Lamb wave mode may be insensitive to delamination at certain interfaces of laminates while the antisymmetric mode is more suited for identification of delamination in composite structures.

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