Study of Lamb Wave Propagation in Plate for UNDE by 2-D FEM Model

Author

Xu, Hanhui ; Xu, Chunguang ; Zhou, Shiyuan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech. Eng., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China

Volume

3

fYear

2010

fDate

13-14 March 2010

Firstpage

556

Lastpage

559

Abstract

Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (UNDE) of notch defect by Lamb wave is investigated theoretically and experimentally in this paper. It is hard to predict and explain the received Lamb signal of UNDE due to its dispersive nature. The width of the notch is available by delay time between reflection signal and first echo signal, and its depth can be evaluated by reflection coefficient. A model by FEM (finite element method) has been used to predict reflected signals by boundaries of defect and the end of the plate. In comparison with the results from the theory and experiment, it is confirmed that FEM is efficient for predicting lamb wave signal propagation and interaction with defect in plate for UNDE.

Keywords

acoustic wave reflection; echo; finite element analysis; surface acoustic waves; ultrasonic materials testing; Lamb signal; defect boundaries; delay time; finite element method; first echo signal; lamb wave propagation; notch defect; reflection coefficient; reflection signal; ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation; Aluminum; Automation; Dispersion; Equations; Finite element methods; Frequency; Mechanical variables measurement; Mechatronics; Predictive models; Reflection; FEM model; UNDE; lamb wave;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation (ICMTMA), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Changsha City

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5001-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5739-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMTMA.2010.53

Filename

5459102