Deterioration mechanisms and advanced inspection technologies of aluminum windows

H Chen, CL Chow, D Lau - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aluminum windows are crucial components of building envelopes since they connect the
indoor space to the external environment. Various external causes degrade or harm the …

New entropy-based vibro-acoustic modulation method for metal fatigue crack detection: An exploratory study

N Li, F Wang, G Song - Measurement, 2020 - Elsevier
Metal fatigue is a typical industrial failure, and investigations on monitoring of fatigue cracks
are required. Therefore, in this study, we developed an exploratory study by proposing a …

Full life-cycle monitoring and earlier warning for bolt joint loosening using modified vibro-acoustic modulation

X Qin, C Peng, G Zhao, Z Ju, S Lv, M Jiang… - … Systems and Signal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Structural health monitoring (SHM) has played a crucial role in continuously assuring
adequate integrity across equipment, especially early loosening estimation of bolt joints …

Locating delaminations in laminated composite beams using nonlinear guided waves

R Soleimanpour, CT Ng - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new method for detecting and locating delaminations in laminated
composite beams using nonlinear guided wave. It is shown that when incident wave …

Model-driven fatigue crack characterization and growth prediction: A two-step, 3-D fatigue damage modeling framework for structural health monitoring

L Xu, K Wang, X Yang, Y Su, J Yang, Y Liao… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Prevailing fatigue damage evaluation approaches that make use of the acoustic nonlinearity
of guided ultrasonic waves (GUWs) are sustained by simplified models, most of which depict …

Damage detection in composite panels based on mode-converted Lamb waves sensed using 3D laser scanning vibrometer

Ł Pieczonka, Ł Ambroziński, WJ Staszewski… - Optics and lasers in …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper introduces damage identification approach based on guided ultrasonic waves
and 3D laser Doppler vibrometry. The method is based on the fact that the symmetric and …

An elastodynamic reciprocity theorem-based closed-form solution to second harmonic generation of lamb waves by a fatigue crack: theory & experimental validation

L Xu, Y Su, K Wang, X Yang, S Yuan, Z Su - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Characterization of small-scale damage (with dimensions smaller than 1/10 of the
probing wavelength) using nonlinear guided ultrasonic waves (GUWs) has been practiced …

Detecting damage size and shape in a plate structure using PZT transducer array

G Lu, Y Li, M Zhou, Q Feng, G Song - Journal of Aerospace …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
An algorithm to detect damage size and shape using a lead zirconate titanate (PZT)
transducer array for a plate structure is developed in this paper. During the process of …

Scattering analysis of nonlinear Lamb waves at delaminations in composite laminates

R Soleimanpour, CT Ng - Journal of Vibration and Control, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates the higher harmonic generation of the Lamb wave at a delamination
due to contact acoustic nonlinearity, which is a clapping phenomenon between sublaminate …

Modelling and analysis of nonlinear guided waves interaction at a breathing crack using time-domain spectral finite element method

S He, CT Ng - Smart Materials and Structures, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This study proposes a time-domain spectral finite element (SFE) model and investigates
nonlinear guided wave interaction at a breathing crack. An extended time-domain SFE …