Detection of disbonding in glare composites using lamb wave approach

Qiaojian Huang*, Oluwaseyi Balogun, Ningli Yang, Brad Regez, Sridhar Krishnaswamy

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Abstract

Lamb-waves can be used to detect disbonds in composite plates. In this work, a photoacoustic technique was first applied to measure the dispersive property of a GLAss-REinforced (GLARE) composite panel. The measured phase velocity dispersion curves are consistent with the theoretical calculation using the classical transfer matrix method for layered media. Based on the obtained properties, a finite element method (FEM) model was constructed to study the influence of a disbond void on the Lamb wave propagation in the GLARE plate. It is found that the displacement amplitudes of the Ao mode Lamb wave decrease while its travel time increases as the disbond size increases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationReview of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation
Pages1198-1205
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, QNDE - Kingston, RI, United States
Duration: Jul 26 2009Jul 31 2009

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1211
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

Other36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, QNDE
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKingston, RI
Period7/26/097/31/09

Keywords

  • Disbond defect
  • Finite Element Method (FEM)
  • GLARE composites
  • Lamb wave

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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