• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.239-256
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• 2015

An adaptive-scale damage detection strategy based on a wavelet finite element model (WFEM) for thin plate structures is established in this study. Equations of motion and corresponding lifting schemes for thin plate structures are derived with the tensor products of cubic Hermite multi-wavelets as the elemental interpolation functions. Sub-element damages are localized by using of the change ratio of modal strain energy. Subsequently, such damages are adaptively quantified by a damage quantification equation deduced from differential equations of plate structure motion. WFEM scales vary spatially and change dynamically according to actual needs. Numerical examples clearly demonstrate that the proposed strategy can progressively locate and quantify plate damages. The strategy can operate efficiently in terms of the degrees-of-freedom in WFEM and sensors in the vibration test.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.285-305
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• 2014

This study employs a novel beam-type wavelet finite element model (WFEM) to fulfill an adaptive-scale damage detection strategy in which structural modeling scales are not only spatially varying but also dynamically changed according to actual needs. Dynamical equations of beam structures are derived in the context of WFEM by using the second-generation cubic Hermite multiwavelets as interpolation functions. Based on the concept of modal strain energy, damage in beam structures can be detected in a progressive manner: the suspected region is first identified using a low-scale structural model and the more accurate location and severity of the damage can be estimated using a multi-scale model with local refinement in the suspected region. Although this strategy can be implemented using traditional finite element methods, the multi-scale and localization properties of the WFEM considerably facilitate the adaptive change of modeling scales in a multi-stage process. The numerical examples in this study clearly demonstrate that the proposed damage detection strategy can progressively and efficiently locate and quantify damage with minimal computation effort and a limited number of sensors.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.277-290
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• 2018

In this paper, wavelet finite element model (WFEM) updating technique is employed to detect sub-element damage in thin plate structures progressively. The procedure of WFEM-based detection method, which can detect sub-element damage gradually, is established. This method involves the optimization of an objective function that combines frequencies and modal assurance criteria (MAC). During the damage detection process, the scales of wavelet elements in the concerned regions are adaptively enhanced or reduced to remain compatible with the gradually identified damage scenarios, while the modal properties from the tests remains the same, i.e., no measurement point replacement or addition are needed. Numerical and experimental examples were conducted to examine the effectiveness of the proposed method. A scanning Doppler laser vibrometer system was employed to measure the plate mode shapes in the experimental study. The results indicate that the proposed method can detect structural damage with satisfactory accuracy by using minimal degrees-of-freedoms (DOFs) in the model and minimal updating parameters in optimization.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.479-495
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• 2019

Periodic cellular core structures included in sandwich panels possess good stiffness while saving weight and only lately their potential to act as passive vibration filters is increasingly being studied. Classical homogeneous honeycombs show poor vibracoustic performance and only by varying certain geometrical features, a shift and/or variation in bandgap frequency range occurs. This work aims to investigate the vibration filtering properties of the AUXHEX "hybrid" core, which is a cellular structure containing cells of different shapes. Numerical simulations are carried out using two different approaches. The first technique used is the harmonic analysis with commercially available software, and the second one, which has been proved to be computationally more efficient, consists in the Wave Finite Element Method (WFEM), which still makes use of finite elements (FEM) packages, but instead of working with large models, it exploits the periodicity of the structure by analysing only the unit cell, thanks to the Floquet-Bloch theorem. Both techniques allow to produce graphs such as frequency response plots (FRF's) and dispersion curves, which are powerful tools used to identify the spectral bandgap signature of the considered structure. The hybrid cellular core pattern AUXHEX is analysed and results are discussed, focusing the investigation on the possible spectral bandgap signature heritage that a hybrid core experiences from their "parents" homogeneous cell cores.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.142-150
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• 2012

도파관유한요소법 (waveguide finite element method, WFEM)은 단면의 형상이 길이방향으로 일정한 도파관 구조물의 진동을 해석하기 위한 수치해석 기법이다. 도파관유한요소법은 2차원 단면만을 FE 모델링하여 길이방향 파동 전파를 해석하므로 기존의 유한요소법에 비해 해석 모델의 크기가 작고 연산 시간이 짧다는 장점을 가진다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 도파관유한요소법을 확장하여 내부 및 외부에 유체가 채워진 도파관 구조물에 대한 진동 해석을 수행하였다. 이를 위해 내부 유체와 도파관 구조물은 WFE로, 외부 유체는 파수경계요소 (waveguide boudnary element, WBE)로 모델링하고 이들을 연성시킨 운동방정식을 제시하였다. 이 방법의 적용 예로써 내부에 물이 채워진 몰수된 파이프의 진동 및 방사 음향 파워를 해석하였다. 내부 및 외부 유체의 유/무에 따른 분산 선도와 가진점 모빌리티 (point mobility)를 구하고 유체 연성의 효과를 살펴보았다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.448-457
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• 2010

단면의 형상이 길이방향으로 일정한 무한길이 도파관 구조물 (waveguide structures)에 대한 진동 및 파동전파 특성은 도파관유한요소법 (waveguide finite element method, WFEM)을 이용해 효과적으로 해석할 수 있다. 도파관유한요소법은 2차원 단면만을 FE 모델링하여 해석하므로 모델의 크기가 작고 연산시간이 짧다는 장점이 있다. 도파관 구조물이 외부 유체와 연성된 경우, 원통형 실린더 또는 파이프와 같이 단면의 형상이 단순한 경우에는 이론적 해석을 수행할 수 있다. 반면 복잡한 형상의 단면을 가진 도파관구조물이 유체와 연성된 경우에는 수치해석 방법이 요구된다. 외부 유체와 연성된 도파관 구조물은 외부 유체와 도파관유한요소 (WFE)를 연성시켜 해석하는 수치해석 방법을 고려할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 외부 유체 모델링에 경계요소 (Boundary Element)를 도입하고 이를 도파관유한요소와 연성시킨 WFE/BE 방법을 소개한다. 이 방법의 적용 예로써 단순형상의 파이프에 대해 외부 유체의 유/무에 따른 분산선도와 가진점 모빌리티 (point mobility)를 구하고 이를 이론해석 결과와 비교하였다. 또한 WFE/BE 방법을 이용해 파이프에서 외부 유체로 방사되는 음향파워를 구하고 접수 유/무에 따른 영향을 살펴보았다.