Condition monitoring in composite materials: An integrated systems approach

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-200

  Culshaw, B ^a   Pierce, S G ^a   Staszekski, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Composite materials; Condition monitoring; Delamination; Insonification; Integrated systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; DELAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MONITORING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

INSONIFICATION WAVELENGTHS; SELF MONITORING STRUCTURES; ULTRASONIC LAMB WAVE INTERROGATIONS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0031618052     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0959651981539398     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Viktorov, I. A. Rayleigh and Lamb Waves-Physical Theory and Applications, 1967 (Plenum Press, New York).
2. Pierce, S. G., Culshaw, B., Philp, W. R., Lecuyer, F. and Farlow, R. Broadband Lamb wave measurements in aluminium and carbon/glass fibre reinforced composite materials using non-contacting laser generation and detection. Ultrasonics, 1997, 35, 105-114.
3. Rogers, W. P. Elastic property measurement using Rayleigh-Lamb waves. Res. Nondes. Eval., 1995, 6, 185-208.
4. Pierce, S. G., Philp, W. R., Gachagan, A., McNab, A., Hayward, G. and Culshaw, B. Surface bonded and embedded optical fibres as ultrasonic sensors. Appl. Optics, 1996, 35(25), 5191-5197.
5. Pierce, S. G., Philp, W. R., Culshaw, B., Gachagan, A., McNab, A., Hayward, G. and Lecuyer, F. Surface bonded optical fibre sensors for the inspection of CFRP plates using ultrasonic Lamb waves. Smart Mater. Stnicts, 1996, 5, 776-787.
6. Staszekski, W. J., Pierce, S. G., Worden, K., Philp, W. R., Tomlinson, G. R. and Culshaw, B. Wavelet signal processing for enhanced Lamb wave defect detection in composite plates using optical fibre detection. Opt. Engng, 1997, 36, 1877-1888.
7. Pierce, S. G., Staszekski, W. J., Gachagan, A., James, I. R., Philp, W. R., Worden, K., Culshaw, B., McNab, A., Tomlinson, G. R. and Hayward, G. Ultrasonic condition monitoring of composite structures using a low profile source and an embedded optical fibre sensor. Presented at SPIE 1997, Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, 2-6 March 1997.
8. Culshaw, B. Smart Strictures and Materials, 1996 (Artech House, Norwood and London).
9. Michie, W. C., et al. Optical fibre sensors for monitoring of structures (OSMOS). In SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, February 1996.
10. Culshaw, B. and Michie, W. C. Fibre optic strain and temperature measurement in composite materials-a review of the OSTIC programme. In Recent Advances in Adaptive and Sensing Materials and Their Applications, 1992, pp. 791-810 (Technomic Press, Lancaster, Pennsylvania).
11. Chui, Ch. K. An introduction to wavelets. In Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications, Vol. 1, 1992 (Academic Press Inc., Boston, Massachusetts).
12. Daubechies, I. Ten Lectures on Wavelets, 1992 (SIAM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
13. Staszckski, W. J. Wavelet based compression for vibration analysis. J. Soiifid Vibr., 1997 (submitted).