Structural Health Monitoring of Advanced Composites Using Guided Waves: Online Monitoring of Defects/Discontinuities in Advanced Composite Structures using Ultrasonic Guided Waves and PZTs - Softcover

Sikdar, Shirsendu; Banerjee, Sauvik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 6202026979 ISBN 13: 9786202026970

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

This book explains theoretical, numerical, and experimental procedures for the structural health monitoring (SHM) of advanced sandwich composites, such as honeycomb composite sandwich structure. These structures are extensively used in aerospace, aeronautics, marine and automotive industries. But, these structures are prone to disbonds at the skin-core interphase, and the high-density core (HD-core) sections are often introduced inside the soft-core in order to provide localized support. It is essential to clearly identify those unknown HD-core regions and hidden disbonds in such kind of structures. The in-situ inspection methods are considered here, which do not require dismantling of the larger structure. This book mainly focuses on the development of ultrasonic guided wave propagation based active SHM frameworks to identify such hidden disbonds and HD-core regions in sandwich structures using piezoelectric transducers.

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About the Author

Dr. Shirsendu Sikdar is currently a Research Associate at the Polish Academy of Sciences, IMP PAN, Gdansk, Poland. Dr. Sikdar earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engg. from IIT Bombay. Dr. Sauvik Banerjee is currently an Associate Professor in the Civil Engg. Department, IIT Bombay, India. Dr. Banerjee earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engg. from UCLA, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6202026979
• ISBN 13: 9786202026970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148