Structural health monitoring of anisotropic plates using ultrasonic guided wave STMR array patches

NDT and E International

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-198

  Vishnuvardhan, J ^a   Muralidharan, Ajith ^a   Krishnamurthy, C V ^a   Balasubramaniam, Krishnan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Elastic constants; Guided waves; Phase reconstruction; Smart patches; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; GRAPHITE; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HEALTH; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); RESTORATION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WAVES;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS; ANISOTROPIC PLATES; CONTINUOUS INPUTS; FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; GRAPHITE-EPOXY COMPOSITES; GUIDED WAVES; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NEW YORK , USA; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL; PCB-BASED; PHASE RECONSTRUCTION; PLATE-LIKE STRUCTURES; QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATIONS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; RECONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES; SH-WAVES; SMART PATCHES; THICK PLATES; TRANSDUCER ARRAYS; ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVES;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 61749100108     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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