• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1463-1479
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• 2015

Lamb waves have been a promising candidate for quantitative damage identification for various engineering structures, taking advantage of their superb capabilities of traveling for long distances with fast propagation and low attenuation. However, the application of Lamb waves in damage identification so far has been hampered by the fact that the characteristic signals associated with defects are generally weaker compared with those arising from boundary reflections, mode conversions and environmental noises, making it a tough task to achieve satisfactory damage identification from the time series. With awareness of this challenge, this paper proposes a time reversal-based technique to enhance the strength of damage-scattered signals, which has been previously applied to bulk wave-based damage detection successfully. The investigation includes (i) an analysis of Lamb wave propagation in a plate, generated by PZT patches mounted on the structure; (ii) an introduction of the time reversal theory dedicated for waveform reconstruction with a narrow-band input; (iii) a process of enhancing damage-scattered signals based on time reversal focalization; and (iv) the experimental investigation of the proposed approach to enhance the damage identification on a composite plate. The results have demonstrated that signals scattered by delamination in the composite plate can be enhanced remarkably with the assistance of the proposed process, benefiting from which the damage in the plate is identified with ease and high precision.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.174-180
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 이방성 매질인 (100), (111) 방향의 실리콘 웨이퍼에서 램파의 전파 특성을 PVDF-(Polyvinylidene Fluoride) 선집속 탐촉자를 이용하여 분석하였다. 램파가 분산성을 가지기 때문에 탐촉자와 시편 사이의 거리 z를 바꿔가며 측정하는 V(f,z)방법을 변형하여 사용하였다. 또한 이방성을 확인하기 위해 선집속 탐촉자가 사용되었고, 실리콘 웨이퍼를 $1^{\circ}$ 간격으로 $180^{\circ}$ 회전시켜 측정하였다. 실험 결과, $A_0$ 모드와 $S_0$ 모드를 확인할 수 있었다. $S_0$ 모드의 속력 분포에서 각 결정 방향의 구조와 연관된 이방성을 확인할 수 있었고, $A_0$ 모드의 속력은 등방성으로 나타났다. 이는 실리콘의 결정구조와 램파의 각 모드의 진동양상과 부합하는 결과이다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.398-405
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• 2001

리벳이음은 응력집중 등에 의한 피로균열 발생 가능성이 높은 구조특성을 가지므로 구조물의 안전성 확보를 위하여 비파괴 평가 방법에 의하여 리벳홀 주위 균열에 대한 평가가 요구되고 있다. 유도 초음파의 일종인 Lamb파는 판형상의 구조물의 비파괴 평가에 적합하며, 신경회로망은 비파괴 평가 기술에서 결합의 크기 및 종류 인식에 관하여 가장 효율적인 기법으로 많은 연구자들에 의해 적용되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 항공기의 스킨재료로 적용되는 A12024-T3판재에 대하여 유도초음파의 일종인 판파를 적용하여 리벳홀 주위 균열 신호를 검출하였으며, 또한 리벳홀 주위 균열의 크기 평가를 위하여 백프로퍼게이션 알고리즘을 적용한 신경회로망을 적용하였다. 이때, 초음파 트랜스듀서와 시험편 사이의 불균일 접촉에 의한 오차를 줄이기 위하여 초음파 파형에서 시간 및 주파수 성분의 특성을 추출하여 신경회로망에 적용하였다. 그리고 이들 판파신호에서 추출한 시간 및 주파수 성분의 특성은 균열 크기 결정에 유용하게 적용될 수 있음을 증명하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.795-817
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• 2016

A non-contact, in-situ and non-invasive technique for health monitoring of submerged fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) laminates has been developed using ultrasonic guided waves. A pair of mobile transducers at specific angles of incidence to the submerged FRP specimen was used to excite Lamb wave modes. Lamb wave modes were used for comprehensive inspection of various types of manufacturing defects like air gaps and missing epoxy, introduced during manufacturing of FRP using Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion Molding (VARIM). Further service induced damages like notches and surface defects were also studied and evaluated using guided waves. Quantitative evaluation of transmitted ultrasonic signal in defect ridden FRPs $vis-{\grave{a}}-vis$ healthy signal has been used to relate the extent of damage in FRPs. The developed technique has the potential to develop into a quick, real time health monitoring tool for judging the service worthiness of FRPs.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.199-204
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• 2008

The generation of axisymmetric Lamb waves and interaction with wall thinning (corrosion) defects in hollow cylinders are simulated using the finite element method. Guided wave interaction with defects in cylinders is challenged by the multi-mode dispersion and the mode conversion. In this paper, two longitudinal, axisymmetric modes are generated using the concept of a time-delay periodic ring arrays (TDPRA), which makes use of the constructive/destructive interference concept to achieve the unidirectional emission and reception of guided waves. The axisymmetric scattering by the wall thinning extending in full circumference of a cylinder is studied with a two-dimensional FE simulation. The effect of wall thinning depth, axial extension, and the edge shape on the reflections of guided waves is discussed.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.64-74
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• 2010

This paper proposes a new TR-based baseline-free SHM technique in which the time-reversal (TR) property of the guided Lamb waves is utilized. The new TR-based SHM technique has two distinct features when compared with the other TR-based SHM techniques: (1) The backward TR process commonly conducted by the measurement is replaced by the computation-based process; (2) In place of the comparison method, the TOF information of the damage signal extracted from the reconstructed signal is used for the damage diagnosis in conjunction with the imaging method which enables us to represent the damage as an image. The proposed TR-based SHM technique is then validated through the damage diagnosis experiment for an aluminum plate with a damage at different locations.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2016

Single crystalline silicon wafers having (100), (110), and (111) directions are employed as specimens for obtaining slowness profiles. Leaky Lamb waves (LLW) from immersed wafers were detected by varying the incident angles of the specimens and rotating the specimens. From an analysis of LLW signals for different propagation directions and phase velocities of each specimen, slowness profiles were obtained, which showed a unique symmetry with different symmetric axes. Slowness profiles were compared with elastic moduli of each wafer. They showed the same symmetries as crystal structures. In addition, slowness profiles showed expected patterns and values that can be inferred from elastic moduli. This implies that slowness profiles can be used to examine crystal structures of anisotropic solids.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.774-779
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• 2003

Arc-shaped line array slits have been used for the laser generation of focused Lamb waves. The spatially expanded Nd:YAG pulse laser was illuminated through the arc-shaped line array slit on the surface of a sample plate to generate the Lamb waves of the same pattern as the slit. Then the generated Lamb waves were focused at the point of which distance from the slit position is dependent on the curvature of slit arc. The proposed method showed better spatial resolution than the conventional linear array slit in the detection of laser machined linear defect and drill machined circular defect on aluminum plates of 1mm thickness.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.21-33
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• 2012

In this study, a Lamb-wave based damage detection approach is proposed for damage localization in plate. A sensor network consisting of three PZT wafer type actuators/sensors is used to generate and detect Lamb waves. To minimize the complication resulted from the multimode and dispersive characteristics of Lamb waves, the fundamental symmetric Lamb mode, $S_0$ is selectively generated through designing the excitation frequency of the narrowband input signal. A damage localization algorithm based upon the configuration of the PZT sensor network is developed. Time-frequency analysis method is applied to purify the raw signal and extract damage features. Experimental result obtained from aluminum plate verified the proposed damage localization approach.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.59-63
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• 2008

Time reversal (TR) of nondispersive body waves has been used in many applications including ultrasonic NDE. However, the study of the TR method for Lamb waves on thin structures is not well established. In this paper, the full reconstruction of the input signal is investigated for dispersive Lamb waves by introducing a time reversal operator based on the Mindlin plate theory. A broadband and a narrowband input waveform are employed to reconstruct the $A_0$ mode of Lamb wave propagations. Due to the frequency dependence of the TR process of Lamb waves, different frequency components of the broadband excitation are scaled differently during the time reversal process and the original input signal cannot be fully restored. This is the primary reason for using a narrowband excitation to enhance the flaw detectability.