The growing use of composite materials for aerospace applications has resulted in the need
for quantitative methods to analyze composite components. Ultrasonic guided waves …

Structural health monitoring (SHM) is essential for ensuring the safety and longevity of
laminated composite structures. Their favorable strength-to-weight ratio renders them ideal …

This paper presents a new acoustic emission (AE) source localization for isotropic plates
with reflecting boundaries. This approach that has no blind spot leverages multimodal edge …

Delamination is one of the most common failure mode in laminated composites that leads
the separation along the interfaces of the layers. The structural performance can be …

A multistage damage detection method is introduced in this work that uses piezoelectric lead
zirconate titanate (PZT) transducers to excite/sense the Lamb wave signals. A continuous …

Imaging algorithms for visualization of defects play a significant role in Lamb wave–based
research of nondestructive testing and structural health monitoring. In classical algorithms …

The application prospect of a permanently installed structural health monitoring (SHM)
system for composite structural prognosis may be determined by the reliability, cost and the …

Empirical or semi-empirical design methodologies at the macroscopic scale (structural level)
can be supported and justified only by a fundamental understanding at the lower …

From aeroplane wings to overhead power lines, through giant blades of wind turbines, a
build up of ice can cause problems ranging from impaired performance all the way to …

Traditional ultrasonic testing uses a single probe or phased array probe to investigate and
visualize defects by adapting certain imaging algorithms. The time-domain synthetic …