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A Practical Method of Acoustic Emission Source Location in Anisotropic Composite Laminates

이방성 적층복합재 구조에서 AE 발생원 위치표정을 위한 실용적인 방법

  • Published : 2003.06.30
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Abstract

Since the velocity is dependent on the fiber orientation in anisotropic composites, the application of traditional acoustic emission (AE) source location techniques based on the constant velocity to composite structures has been practically impossible. The anisotropy makes the source location procedure complicated and deteriorates the accuracy of the location. In this study, we have divided the region of interest(ROI) into a set of finite elements, taken each element as a virtual source, and calculated the arrival time differences between sensors by using the velocities at every degree from 0 to 90. The calculated and the experimentally measured values of the arrival time difference aye then compared to minimize the location error. The results from two different materials, namely AA6061-T6 and CFRP(uni-directional; UD, $[0]_{32}4$) laminate confirmed the practical usefulness of the proposed method.

이방성 복합재료 적층판에서는 섬유의 배열방향에 따라 탄성계수가 변하므로 속도가 섬유의 방향성에 의존하게 된다. 등방성 속도를 기준으로 도달 시간차를 측정하는 전통적인 2차원 음향방출 위치표정 방법을 그대로 적용할 경우 위치표정의 오차가 매우 커지며, 그 과정이 복잡해지는 것을 피할 수 없다. 본 연구에서는 위치표정의 대상이 되는 관심영역(ROI)를 마치 유한요소법에서 사용하는 메쉬(mesh)처럼 적절한 크기의 정사각형 요소로 나눈 뒤, 각각을 가상의 AE 발생원으로 간주하였으며, 모든 요소에 대해 이방성을 고려한 속도를 기준으로 각 센서와의 도달시간차를 구하였다. 실험적인 검증을 위하여 알루미늄 박판 및 복합재료 적층판에 대해 $0^{\circ}$ 부터 $90^{\circ}$까지의 속도를 측정하고 위치표정을 실시함으로써 이방성 적층복합재로 이루어진 실제 구조물에서의 실시간 활용가능성을 확인하였다.

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