Recent advances in piezoelectric wafer active sensors for structural health monitoring applications

H Mei, MF Haider, R Joseph, A Migot, V Giurgiutiu - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this paper, some recent piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS) progress achieved in
our laboratory for active materials and smart structures (LAMSS) at the University of South …

A review of laser ultrasonic lamb wave damage detection methods for thin-walled structures

S Zheng, Y Luo, C Xu, G Xu - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thin-walled structures, like aircraft skins and ship shells, are often several meters in size but
only a few millimeters thick. By utilizing the laser ultrasonic Lamb wave detection method …

Impact induced damage assessment by means of Lamb wave image processing

P Kudela, M Radzienski, W Ostachowicz - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this research is an analysis of full wavefield Lamb wave interaction with impact-
induced damage at various impact energies in order to find out the limitation of the …

Hidden corrosion detection using laser ultrasonic guided waves with multi-frequency local wavenumber estimation

T Gao, H Sun, Y Hong, X Qing - Ultrasonics, 2020 - Elsevier
Hidden corrosion damage of aircraft structures is a potential threat to the flight safety and a
major maintenance factor for aircraft. In previous researches on corrosion detection, the …

Pulsed laser-scanning laser Doppler vibrometer (PL-SLDV) phased arrays for damage detection in aluminum plates

Z Tian, S Howden, Z Ma, W **ao, L Yu - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lamb wave phased arrays employ sensors placed close to each other in compact
distributions and can quickly inspect large plate-like structures through time (or phase) …

A novel two-level approach to defect detection in braided CFRP using air-coupled ultrasonic testing

C Zhang, Y Zhang, D Liu, X Zhang, X Wu, Z Qian, X Li - Ultrasonics, 2023 - Elsevier
Air-coupled ultrasonic testing and C-scan technique has been increasingly applied to the
braided CFRP structures owing to its non-destruction, non-contact and high visualization …

Application of scanning laser Doppler vibrometry for delamination detection in composite structures

P Kudela, T Wandowski, P Malinowski… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper application of scanning laser Doppler vibrometry for delamination detection in
composite structures was presented. Delamination detection was based on a guided wave …

Quantitative detection of surface defect using laser-generated Rayleigh wave with broadband local wavenumber estimation

J He, X Liu, Q Cheng, S Yang, M Li - Ultrasonics, 2023 - Elsevier
Laser ultrasonic technology has been widely used in surface defect detection attribute to its
non-contact, non-destructive and high spatial resolution characteristics. This paper proposes …

Rapid guided wave delamination detection and quantification in composites using global-local sensing

Z Tian, L Yu, C Leckey - Smart Materials and Structures, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a rapid guided ultrasonic wave inspection approach through global
inspection by phased array beamforming and local damage evaluation via wavenumber …

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 …