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Lamb waves based fast subwavelength imaging using a DORT-MUSIC algorithm

  • Jiaze He
  • , Fuh Gwo Yuan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • National Institute of Aerospace
  • North Carolina State University

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Abstract

A Lamb wave-based, subwavelength imaging algorithm is developed for damage imaging in large-scale, plate-like structures based on a decomposition of the time-reversal operator (DORT) method combined with the multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm in the space-frequency domain. In this study, a rapid, hybrid non-contact scanning system was proposed to image an aluminum plate using a piezoelectric linear array for actuation and a laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV) line-scan for sensing. The physics of wave propagation, reflection, and scattering that underlies the response matrix in the DORT method is mathematically formulated in the context of guided waves. The singular value decomposition (SVD) and MUSIC-based imaging condition enable quantifying the damage severity by a 'reflectivity' parameter and super-resolution imaging. With the flexibility of this scanning system, a considerably large area can be imaged using lower frequency Lamb waves with limited line-scans. The experimental results showed that the hardware system with a signal processing tool such as the DORT-MUSIC (TR-MUSIC) imaging technique can provide rapid, highly accurate imaging results as well as damage quantification with unknown material properties.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication42nd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation
Subtitle of host publicationIncorporating the 6th European-American Workshop on Reliability of NDE
EditorsLeonard J. Bond, Dale E. Chimenti
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735413535
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Feb 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event42nd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, QNDE 2015, Incorporating the 6th European-American Workshop on Reliability of NDE - Minneapolis, United States
Duration: 26 Jul 201531 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1706
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference42nd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, QNDE 2015, Incorporating the 6th European-American Workshop on Reliability of NDE
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMinneapolis
Period26/07/1531/07/15

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