Lamb wave based identification and parameter estimation of corrosion in metallic plate structure using a circular PWAS array

V. T. Rathod; D. Roy Mahapatra; S. Gopalakrishnan

doi:10.1117/12.816558

8 April 2009 Lamb wave based identification and parameter estimation of corrosion in metallic plate structure using a circular PWAS array

V. T. Rathod, D. Roy Mahapatra, S. Gopalakrishnan

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Proceedings Volume 7295, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2009; 72951C (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816558
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A circular array of Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensor (PWAS) has been employed to detect surface damages like corrosion using lamb waves. The array consists of a number of small PWASs of 10 mm diameter and 1 mm thickness. The advantage of a circular array is its compact arrangement and large area of coverage for monitoring with small area of physical access. Growth of corrosion is monitored in a laboratory-scale set-up using the PWAS array and the nature of reflected and transmitted Lamb wave patterns due to corrosion is investigated. The wavelet time-frequency maps of the sensor signals are employed and a damage index is plotted against the damage parameters and varying frequency of the actuation signal (a windowed sine signal). The variation of wavelet coefficient for different growth of corrosion is studied. Wavelet coefficient as function of time gives an insight into the effect of corrosion in time-frequency scale. We present here a method to eliminate the time scale effect which helps in identifying easily the signature of damage in the measured signals. The proposed method becomes useful in determining the approximate location of the corrosion with respect to the location of three neighboring sensors in the circular array. A cumulative damage index is computed for varying damage sizes and the results appear promising.

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V. T. Rathod, D. Roy Mahapatra, and S. Gopalakrishnan "Lamb wave based identification and parameter estimation of corrosion in metallic plate structure using a circular PWAS array", Proc. SPIE 7295, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2009, 72951C (8 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816558

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