Reference-free damage detection by means of wavelet transform and empirical mode decomposition applied to Lamb waves

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-208

  Bagheri, Abdollah ^a   Li, Kaiyuan ^a   Rizzo, Piervincenzo ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

continuous wavelet analysis; empirical mode decomposition; guided ultrasonic waves; probability; reference free method; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PLATES; BASELINE DATA; CONTINUOUS WAVELET ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM; DAMAGE-SENSITIVE FEATURES; DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION; EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE; GUIDED ULTRASONIC WAVES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRISTINE STRUCTURES; REFERENCE-FREE METHOD; ROUND ROBIN; SENSING TRANSDUCER; STRUCTURAL HEALTH; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS;

DAMAGE DETECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84871816284     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X12460433     Document Type: Article

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