Elliptical Method for Damage Identification in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer Laminates

Oftentimes, researchers in the area of vibration-based structural health monitoring (SHM) and damage detection focused their attention on the global properties of structures, which are modal frequencies and modal damping factors. However, the effect on the local properties for SHM, that is, modal co...

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Main Authors: Daerefa-a Mitsheal Amafabia, Diogo Montalvão, Opukuro David-West, George Haritos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5237129
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Summary:Oftentimes, researchers in the area of vibration-based structural health monitoring (SHM) and damage detection focused their attention on the global properties of structures, which are modal frequencies and modal damping factors. However, the effect on the local properties for SHM, that is, modal constants, has not been extremely explored. In this paper, the elliptical plane modal identification method is proposed to be used as a damage identification method itself. It is observed that when the receptance is plotted in the elliptical plane, the area of the ellipse formed close to the resonant frequencies (which depends on the modal constants) can be used to detect damage, namely, composite carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) rectangular plates. Although a mathematical correlation has not been established yet, results show that the method is sensitive to the presence of damage in the test plates, as the area of the ellipse changes with damage.
ISSN:1687-8434
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