Lamb wave assessment of fatigue and thermal damage in composites
作者:
Michael D. Seale,
Barry T. Smith,
W. H. Prosser,
期刊:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
(AIP Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 103,
issue 5
页码: 2416-2424
ISSN:0001-4966
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1121/1.422761
出版商: Acoustical Society of America
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Among the various techniques available, ultrasonic Lamb waves offer a convenient method of evaluating composite materials. Since the Lamb wave velocity depends on the elastic properties of a structure, an effective tool exists to monitor damage in composites by measuring the velocity of these waves. Lamb wave measurements can propagate over long distances and are sensitive to the desired in-plane elastic properties of the material. This paper describes two studies which monitor fatigue damage and two studies which monitor thermal damage in composites using Lamb waves. In the fatigue studies, the Lamb wave velocity is compared to modulus measurements obtained using strain gage measurements in the first experiment and the velocity is monitored along with the crack density in the second. In the thermal damage studies, one examines samples which were exposed to varying temperatures for a three minute duration and the second includes rapid thermal damage in composites by intense laser beams. In all studies, the Lamb wave velocity is demonstrated to be an excellent method to monitor damage in composites.
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