• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.147-165
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• 2010

Impact damage detection in composite structures has gained a considerable interest in many engineering areas. The capability to detect damage at the early stages reduces any risk of catastrophic failure. This paper compares two advanced signal processing methods for impact location in composite aircraft structures. The first method is based on a modified triangulation procedure and Genetic Algorithms whereas the second technique applies Artificial Neural Networks. A series of impacts is performed experimentally on a composite aircraft wing-box structure instrumented with low-profile, bonded piezoceramic sensors. The strain data are used for learning in the Neural Network approach. The triangulation procedure utilises the same data to establish impact velocities for various angles of strain wave propagation. The study demonstrates that both approaches are capable of good impact location estimates in this complex structure.

• Composites Research
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 탄소섬유강화플라스틱(CFRP, carbon fiber reinforced plastics)에 충격을 가하여 발생하는 결함에 대한 분석을, 특히 눈으로 식별이 어려운 손상(Barely Visible Impact Damage: BVID)을 중심으로 진행하였다. 낙하형 충격시험기를 통하여 충격 시험을 진행하였고, 추의 자유 낙하를 통하여 실제 항공기에 적용된 복합재료에 충격에 의한 손상을 모사한 후, 표면과 내부에 다양한 비파괴 검사를 적용하여 충격에너지에 따른 시편의 결함 거동을 확인하고 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 여러 가지 비파괴 검사법을 사용하여 결함을 비교, 분석, 검토하였다. 그 결과 눈으로 식별이 어려운 손상과 이를 측정하기 위해 사용된 각각의 측정법에 따른 특성이 논의되었다. 일반적으로 육안으로 보이는 표면결함보다 큰 결함이 내부에 발생하였으나, 충격에너지가 작아지면 내부결함이 표면결함 보다 작을 수 있다는 사실이 관찰되었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.81-97
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• 2011

In this research, the wavelet transform is used to analyze time response of a cracked beam carrying moving mass for damage detection. In this respect, a new damage detection method based on the combined use of continuous and discrete wavelet transforms is proposed. It is shown that this method is more capable in making damage signature evident than the traditional two approaches based on direct investigation of the wavelet coefficients of structural response. By the proposed method, it is concluded that strain data outperforms displacement data at the same point in revealing damage signature. In addition, influence of moving mass-induced terms such as gravitational, Coriolis, centrifuge forces, and pure inertia force along the deflection direction to damage detection is investigated on a sample case. From this analysis it is concluded that centrifuge force has the most influence on making both displacement and strain data damage-sensitive. The Coriolis effect is the second to improve the damage-sensitivity of data. However, its impact is considerably less than the former. The rest, on the other hand, are observed to be insufficient alone.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2003년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.158-162
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• 2003

The PVDF(polyvinylidene fluoride) film sensor as one of smart sensors has good characteristics to detect the impact damages of composite structures. The capabilities of the PVDF film sensor for evaluating impact behaviors and damages of Gr/Ep laminates subjected to low-velocity impact were examined. From sensor signals, the specific wave-forms implying the damage were detected. The wavelet transform(WT) and Short Time Fourier Transform(STFT) were used to decompose the piezoelectric sensor signals in this study. The impact behaviors of Gr/Ep laminates were simulated and the impact forces were reconstructed using the sensor signals. Finally, the impact damages were predicted by finite element analysis with the reconstructed forces. For experimental verification, a series of low-velocity impact tests from low energy to damage-induced energy were carried-out. The extent of damage in each case was examined by means of ultrasonic C-scan and the measured damage areas were agreed well with the predicted areas by the F.E.A.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2005년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.264-267
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• 2005

Impact damages are very important in the perspective of residual strength of composite structures such as aircrafts, ships, and trains because those damages are sometimes not visible on the surface of the point of impact and the impact resistance of laminated composites is usually not so high. Thus, the impact characteristics of laminated composites should he investigated for the safety of composite structures. This paper investigates the low-velocity impact and damage detection conducted on woven carbon/epoxy laminates. Experimental results show that the type of damage is dependent on the impact energy level and the delamination area becomes larger as the impact energy increases.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.13-16
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• 2005

The mechanical properties of composite materials may degrade severely in the presence of damage. Especially, the high-velocity impact such as bird strike, a hailstorm, and a small piece of tire or stone during high taxing, can cause sever damage to the structures and sub-system in spite of a very small mass. However, it is not easy to detect the damage in composite plates using a single technique or any conventional methods. In this paper, the PYDF(polyvinylidene fluoride) film sensors and strain gages were used for monitoring impact damage initiation and propagation in composite laminates. The WT(wavelet transform) and STFT(short time Fourier transform) are used to decompose the sensor signals. A ultrasonic C-scan and a digital microscope are also used to examine the extent of the damage in each case. This research demonstrate how various sensing techniques, PVDF sensor in particular, can be used to characterize high-velocity impact damage in advanced composites.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.1221-1232
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• 2015

In recent decades, wavelet transforms as a strong signal processing tool have attracted attention of researchers for damage identification. Apart from the wide application of wavelet transforms for damage identification, influence of higher order modes on the quality of damage detection has been a challenging matter for researchers. In this study, influence of higher order modes and different mass configurations on the quality of damage detection through Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) was studied. Nine different damage scenarios were imposed to four cantilever structures having different mass configurations. The first four mode shapes of the cantilever structures were measured experimentally and analyzed by DWT. A damage index was defined in order to study the influence of higher order modes. Results of this study showed that change in the mass configuration had a great impact on the quality of damage detection even when the changes altered natural frequencies slightly. It was observed that for successful damage detection all available mode shapes should be taken into account and measured mode shapes had no significant priority for damage detection over each other.

• Composites Research
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.40-49
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• 2000

저속 충격과 같은 충격 하중은 복합재 구조물에 중요한 손상의 요인이 되며, 충격에 의해 발생한 층간분리와 같은 손상은 쉽게 검출하기 힘들며 구조물의 큰 위험 요인이 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서 이러한 충격 하중을 계속적으로 감시할 수 있는 스마트 복합재 구조물의 충격 모니터링 시스템 개발의 기초 연구를 수행하였다. 충격 모니터링이란 충격이 발생하였을 때 충격 하중이 발생한 위치를 검출하고, 충격에 의하여 구조물에 손상이 발생하였는지 판단하고, 발생하였다면 어느 정도의 손상인지를 평가할 수 있는 시스템을 말한다. 본 연구에서는 이 시스템의 첫 단계인 복합적층 평판에 대한 충격 위치 검출 연구에 이어서 두 번째 단계로 충격 손상의 발생 여부를 실시간으로 검사할 수 있는 방법을 연구하였다. 본 연구에서는 충격에 의한 PZT 신호를 시간-주파수 해석 방법인 웨이블릿 변환을 이용하여 손상 모니터링 하는 연구를 수행하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.435-457
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• 2015

The most widely known form of multifunctional aircraft structure is smart structures for structural health monitoring (SHM). The aim is to provide automated systems whose purposes are to identify and to characterize possible damage within structures by using a network of actuators and sensors. Unfortunately, environmental and operational variability render many of the proposed damage detection methods difficult to successfully be applied. In this paper, an original robust damage detection approach using output-only vibration data is proposed. It is based on independent component analysis and matrix perturbation analysis, where an analytical threshold is proposed to get rid of statistical assumptions usually performed in damage detection approach. The effectiveness of the proposed SHM method is demonstrated numerically using finite element simulations and experimentally through a conformal load-bearing antenna structure and composite plates instrumented with piezoelectric ceramic materials.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.379-392
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• 2015

A number of acceleration-based damage detection methods have been developed but they have not been widely applied in engineering practices because the acceleration response is insensitive to minor damage of civil structures. In this article, a damage detection approach using the long-gauge strain sensing technology and the principle component analysis technology is proposed. The Long gauge FBG sensor has its special merit for damage detection by measuring the averaged strain over a long-gauge length, and it can be connected each other to make a distributed sensor network for monitoring the large-scale civil infrastructure. A new damage index is defined by performing the principle component analyses of the long-gauge strains measured from the intact and damaged structures respectively. Advantages of the long gauge sensing and the principle component analysis technologies guarantee the effectiveness for structural damage localization. Examples of a simple supported beam and a steel stringer bridge have been investigated to illustrate the successful applications of the proposed method for structural damage detection.