Guided ultrasonic wave propagation through inaccessible damage in a folded plate using sensor-actuator network

G. Kolappan Geetha; D. Roy Mahapatra; S. Gopalakrishnan

doi:10.1117/12.2010519

17 April 2013 Guided ultrasonic wave propagation through inaccessible damage in a folded plate using sensor-actuator network

G. Kolappan Geetha, D. Roy Mahapatra, S. Gopalakrishnan

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Proceedings Volume 8695, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2013; 86951J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2010519
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Rapid diagnostics and virtual imaging of damages in complex structures like folded plate can help reduce the inspection time for guided wave based NDE and integrated SHM. Folded plate or box structure is one of the major structural components for increasing the structural strength. Damage in the folded plate, mostly in the form of surface breaking cracks in the inaccessible zone is a usual problem in aerospace structures. One side of the folded plate is attached (either riveted or bonded) to adjacent structure which is not accessible for immediate inspection. The sensor-actuator network in the form of a circular array is placed on the accessible side of the folded plate. In the present work, a circular array is employed for scanning the entire folded plate type structure for damage diagnosis and wave field visualization of entire structural panel. The method employs guided wave with relatively low frequency bandwidth of 100-300 kHz. Change in the response signal with respect to a baseline signal is used to construct a quantitative relationship with damage size parameters. Detecting damage in the folded plate by using this technique has significant potential for off-line and on-line SHM technologies. By employing this technique, surface breaking cracks on inaccessible face of the folded plate are detected without disassembly of structure in a realistic environment.

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G. Kolappan Geetha, D. Roy Mahapatra, and S. Gopalakrishnan "Guided ultrasonic wave propagation through inaccessible damage in a folded plate using sensor-actuator network", Proc. SPIE 8695, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2013, 86951J (17 April 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2010519

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