Health monitoring of composite plates using acoustic wave propagation, continuous sensors and wavelet analysis

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-112

  Ghoshal, A ^a   Martin, W N ^b   Schulz, M J ^c   Chattopadhyay, A ^d   Prosser, W H ^e   Kim, H S ^f  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active wave propagation; Distributed sensor; Health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CONDITION MONITORING; CRACK INITIATION; IMPACT TESTING;

DISTRIBUTED SENSORS; HEALTH MONITORING; PIEZOCERAMIC PATCH; SENSOR NODES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 33845737479     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684407069965     Document Type: Article

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