Identification of structural damage using multifunctional Bragg grating sensors: I. Theory and implementation

被引:58
作者
Betz, Daniel C. [1 ]
Thursby, Graham
Culshaw, Brian
Staszewski, Wieslaw J.
机构
[1] Univ Sheffield, Dept Engn Mech, Dynam Res Grp, Sheffield S1 3JD, S Yorkshire, England
[2] Univ Strathclyde, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Div Optoelect, Glasgow G1 1XW, Lanark, Scotland
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D O I
10.1088/0964-1726/15/5/020
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
Structural health monitoring has become a respected and established discipline in engineering. Health monitoring involves the development of autonomous systems for continuous monitoring, inspection and damage detection of structures with minimum involvement of labour. The ultimate goal of structural health monitoring is to increase reliability, improve safety, enable light-weight design and reduce maintenance costs for all kinds of structures. The identification of structural damage is therefore a key issue in structural health monitoring. The scope of this paper is to present the results of testing a system for the identification of structural damage based on fibre Bragg grating sensors. The basic idea is to use fibre Bragg gratings as acoustic receivers of ultrasonic Lamb waves. The layout of such a damage identification system is introduced and its theoretical limits are studied numerically and experimentally. The set-up for damage identification experiments is described and the results of initial experiments introducing damage detection based on the analysis of Lamb wave signals are presented. The results for the Bragg grating sensors are then compared to the results of established technology for Lamb wave detection using piezoceramic transducers.
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页码:1305 / 1312
页数:8
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