Fast and accurate analytical model to solve inverse problem in SHM using Lamb wave propagation

Banibrata Poddar; Victor Giurgiutiu

doi:10.1117/12.2218143

15 April 2016 Fast and accurate analytical model to solve inverse problem in SHM using Lamb wave propagation

Banibrata Poddar, Victor Giurgiutiu

Proceedings Volume 9804, Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure 2016; 98041J (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218143
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

Lamb wave propagation is at the center of attention of researchers for structural health monitoring of thin walled structures. This is due to the fact that Lamb wave modes are natural modes of wave propagation in these structures with long travel distances and without much attenuation. This brings the prospect of monitoring large structure with few sensors/actuators. However the problem of damage detection and identification is an “inverse problem” where we do not have the luxury to know the exact mathematical model of the system. On top of that the problem is more challenging due to the confounding factors of statistical variation of the material and geometric properties. Typically this problem may also be ill posed. Due to all these complexities the direct solution of the problem of damage detection and identification in SHM is impossible. Therefore an indirect method using the solution of the “forward problem” is popular for solving the “inverse problem”. This requires a fast forward problem solver. Due to the complexities involved with the forward problem of scattering of Lamb waves from damages researchers rely primarily on numerical techniques such as FEM, BEM, etc. But these methods are slow and practically impossible to be used in structural health monitoring. We have developed a fast and accurate analytical forward problem solver for this purpose. This solver, CMEP (complex modes expansion and vector projection), can simulate scattering of Lamb waves from all types of damages in thin walled structures fast and accurately to assist the inverse problem solver.

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Banibrata Poddar and Victor Giurgiutiu "Fast and accurate analytical model to solve inverse problem in SHM using Lamb wave propagation", Proc. SPIE 9804, Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure 2016, 98041J (15 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218143

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