Exploring 3D elastic-wave scattering at interfaces using high-resolution phased-array system

Y Ohara, MC Remillieux, TJ Ulrich, S Ozawa… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The elastic-wave scattering at interfaces, such as cracks, is essential for nondestructive
inspections, and hence, understanding the phenomenon is crucial. However, the elastic …

Ultrasonic imaging of damage in plates in spectral ripple frequency domain

X Yang, M Kersemans - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
The ultrasonic C-scan method is a well-known non-destructive inspection method which
typically analyzes ultrasound echoes in time domain. Although demonstrated for a variety of …

Nondestructive damage assessment in fiber reinforced composites with the pulsed ultrasonic polar scan

M Kersemans, I De Baere, J Degrieck… - Polymer Testing, 2014 - Elsevier
This study investigates the use of both amplitude and time-of-flight based pulsed ultrasonic
polar scan (P-UPS) as a sophisticated non-destructive damage sensor for fiber reinforced …

Identification of the elastic properties of isotropic and orthotropic thin-plate materials with the pulsed ultrasonic polar scan

M Kersemans, A Martens, N Lammens… - Experimental …, 2014 - Springer
Already in the early 1980's, it has been conjectured that the pulsed ultrasonic polar scan (P-
UPS) provides a unique fingerprint of the underlying mechanical elasticity tensor at the …

Detection and localization of delaminations in thin carbon fiber reinforced composites with the ultrasonic polar scan

M Kersemans, A Martens, K Van Den Abeele… - Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
In this paper, the hybrid compliance-stiffness matrix method for simulating wave propagation
in (delaminated) multilayered media with viscoelastic anisotropy has been confronted with …

Fast and High‐Resolution Ultrasound Pressure Field Mapping Using Luminescent Membranes

SE Michels, M Kersemans, M Versluis… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound is used extensively in medical imaging and therapy, non‐destructive testing, flow
sensing, underwater range assessment, and acoustic microscopy. To ensure the accuracy of …

The ultrasonic polar scan for composite characterization and damage assessment: Past, present and future

M Kersemans, A Martens, J Degrieck… - Applied Sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
In the early 1980's, the ultrasonic polar scan (UPS) technique was developed to assess the
fiber direction of composites in a nondestructive way. In spite of the recognition by several …

An Ultrasonic Reflected Wave-based Method for Estimating State of Charge of Hard-shell Lithium-ion Batteries

J Han, C Yuan, J Long, J Wu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Efficiently detecting the state of charge (SOC) of lithium-ion battery is crucial for advancing
new energy technologies, and using ultrasound for SOC characterization has been …

Design of ultra-high sensitivity slot micro-ring resonator acoustic sensor

X Chu, J Cui, M Zhu, R Zhao, W Zhang… - Fiber and Integrated …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A slot microring resonator acoustic sensor (MRAS) using the PDMS package
was proposed to achieve ultra-high sensitivity acoustic detection. The acoustic detection …

Pitfalls in the experimental recording of ultrasonic (backscatter) polar scans for material characterization

M Kersemans, W Van Paepegem, K Van Den Abeele… - Ultrasonics, 2014 - Elsevier
The ultrasonic polar scan (UPS), either in transmission, reflection or backscatter mode, is a
promising non-destructive testing technique for the characterization of composites, providing …