Impact localization on a cylindrical plate by near-field beamforming analysis

Hayato Nakatani; Talieh Hajzargarbashi; Kaita Ito; Tribikram Kundu; Nobuo Takeda

doi:10.1117/12.915010

3 April 2012 Impact localization on a cylindrical plate by near-field beamforming analysis

Hayato Nakatani, Talieh Hajzargarbashi, Kaita Ito, Tribikram Kundu, Nobuo Takeda

Proceedings Volume 8345, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2012; 83450Y (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.915010
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A beamforming array technique with 4 sensors is applied to a cylindrical plate for detecting point of impact. Linear array of acoustic sensors attached to the plate record the waveforms of Lamb waves generated at the impact point with individual time delay. An optimization technique with an objective function is incorporated into the beamforming technique in order to deal with the direction dependent Lamb wave speeds in a cylindrical geometry. The optimization is carried out using the experimentally obtained wave speed as a function of propagation direction. The maximum point in beamforming plot with minimized objective function corresponds to the localized point of impact. The proposed technique is experimentally verified by comparing the predicted points with the exact points of impact on a cylindrical aluminum plate. For randomly chosen points of impact the beamforming technique successfully predicts location of the exact acoustic source.

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Hayato Nakatani, Talieh Hajzargarbashi, Kaita Ito, Tribikram Kundu, and Nobuo Takeda "Impact localization on a cylindrical plate by near-field beamforming analysis", Proc. SPIE 8345, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2012, 83450Y (3 April 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.915010

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