[HTML][HTML] Piezoelectric transducer-based structural health monitoring for aircraft applications

X Qing, W Li, Y Wang, H Sun - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is being widely evaluated by the aerospace industry as a
method to improve the safety and reliability of aircraft structures and also reduce operational …

[HTML][HTML] Structural Health Monitoring system based on a concept of Lamb wave focusing by the piezoelectric array

P Kudela, M Radzienski, W Ostachowicz… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric transducer arrays are utilized in Structural Health Monitoring systems as a
means for excitation and sensing of elastic waves. Anomalies of propagating waves have …

A nonlinear ultrasonic SHM method for impact damage localisation in composite panels using a sparse array of piezoelectric PZT transducers

C Andreades, GPM Fierro, M Meo - Ultrasonics, 2020 - Elsevier
Structural health monitoring techniques (SHM) for material damage identification have
demonstrated higher sensitivity and accuracy when relying on the assessment of nonlinear …

Guided wave phased array beamforming and imaging in composite plates

L Yu, Z Tian - Ultrasonics, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper describes phased array beamforming using guided waves in anisotropic
composite plates. A generic phased array algorithm is presented, in which direction …

Uncertainty quantification in super-resolution guided wave array imaging using a variational Bayesian deep learning approach

H Song, Y Yang - NDT & E International, 2023 - Elsevier
Super-resolution guided wave array imaging has shown to be a feasible tool to detect and
image sub-wavelength defects. However, research gaps remain in effectively quantifying …

Reference-free damage detection using instantaneous baseline measurements

SR Anton, DJ Inman, G Park - AIAA journal, 2009 - arc.aiaa.org
STRUCTURAL health monitoring (SHM) has gained a significant amount of attention in the
research and industrial communities over the last two decades. The concept of actively …

Noncontact super-resolution guided wave array imaging of subwavelength defects using a multiscale deep learning approach

H Song, Y Yang - Structural Health Monitoring, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Subwavelength defect imaging using guided waves has been known to be a difficult task
mainly due to the diffraction limit and dispersion of guided waves. In this article, we present a …

Defect detection around rebars in concrete using focused ultrasound and reverse time migration

S Beniwal, A Ganguli - Ultrasonics, 2015 - Elsevier
Experimental and numerical investigations have been performed to assess the feasibility of
damage detection around rebars in concrete using focused ultrasound and a Reverse Time …

Damage detection and characterization in composites using a geometric modification of the RAPID algorithm

G Azuara, E Barrera, M Ruiz, D Bekas - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of aircraft structures, which are manufactured more and
more using composite material, is a well-established technique for increasing reliability and …

Interdigital lamb wave transducers for applications in structural health monitoring

T Stepinski, M Mańka, A Martowicz - Ndt & E International, 2017 - Elsevier
Interdigital transducers (IDTs), thanks to their multiple capabilities have the potential of
increasing versatility of SHM systems. Migration of the IDT technology in SHM systems and …