Modeling wave propagation in damped waveguides of arbitrary cross-section

Ivan Bartoli; Alessandro Marzani; Howard Matt; Francesco Lanza di Scalea; Erasmo Viola

doi:10.1117/12.640032

15 March 2006 Modeling wave propagation in damped waveguides of arbitrary cross-section

Ivan Bartoli, Alessandro Marzani, Howard Matt, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Erasmo Viola

Proceedings Volume 6177, Health Monitoring and Smart Nondestructive Evaluation of Structural and Biological Systems V; 61770A (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.640032
Event: Nondestructive Evaluation for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, 2006, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper the Semi-Analytical Finite Element (SAFE) method for modeling guided wave propagation is extended to account for linear viscoelastic material damping. Linear viscoelasticity is introduced by allowing for complex stiffness constitutive matrices for the material. Dispersive characteristics of viscoelastic waveguides, such as phase velocity, attenuation, energy velocity and cross-sectional wavestructures are extracted. Knowledge of the above-mentioned dispersive properties is important in any structural health monitoring attempt that uses ultrasonic guided waves for long range inspection. The proposed damped formulation is applied to several waveguides with different mechanical and geometric properties. In particular, a viscoelastic isotropic plate, a railroad track and a pipe are studied.

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Ivan Bartoli, Alessandro Marzani, Howard Matt, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, and Erasmo Viola "Modeling wave propagation in damped waveguides of arbitrary cross-section", Proc. SPIE 6177, Health Monitoring and Smart Nondestructive Evaluation of Structural and Biological Systems V, 61770A (15 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.640032

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