Temperature effect modelling of piezoceramic transducers used for Lamb wave propagation in damage detection applications

Author(s):  
P. Kijanka ◽  
P. Packo ◽  
W. J. Staszewski ◽  
T. Uhl
2013 ◽  
Vol 588 ◽  
pp. 140-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafal Radecki ◽  
Wieslaw Jerzy Staszewski ◽  
Tadeusz Uhl

Lamb waves are the most widely used guided ultrasonic waves for structural damage detection. One of the major problems associate with Lamb wave propagation is the effect of temperature on wave propagation parameters. It is important that these parameters are more sensitive to damage than to varying temperature. The paper demonstrates how amplitude and arrival time of Lamb waves are affected by temperature. The analysis is performed for the experimental data gathered from Lamb wave propagation in a damaged aluminium plate. A simple clustering algorithm is used to distinguish between "undamaged" and "damaged" conditions in the presence of changing temperature.


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