Evaluation of the damage detection capability of a sparse-array guided-wave SHM system applied to a complex structure under varying thermal conditions

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2666-2678

  Clarke, Thomas ^a   Cawley, Peter ^a   Wilcox, Paul David ^b   Croxford, Anthony John ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; BOX BEAM; COMMERCIAL SHIPPING; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; CORRUGATED STEEL; DEFECT DETECTION; DETECTABILITY; DIRECT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GUIDED WAVE; IMAGING ALGORITHM; INCIDENCE ANGLES; SPARSE ARRAYS; SYSTEM-BASED; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; THERMAL CONDITION; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

DAMAGE DETECTION; DEFECTS; DOORS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL TESTING; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSDUCERS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PACKAGING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRODUCT PACKAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 73649147050     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1357     Document Type: Article

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