Damage detection in sandwich composite materials using laser vibrometry in conjunction with nonlinear system identification

Sara Underwood; David Koester; Douglas E. Adams

doi:10.1117/12.815817

9 April 2009 Damage detection in sandwich composite materials using laser vibrometry in conjunction with nonlinear system identification

Sara Underwood, David Koester, Douglas E. Adams

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Proceedings Volume 7295, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2009; 72952I (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815817
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Fiberglass sandwich panels are tested to study a vibration-based method for locating damage in composite materials. This method does not rely on a direct comparison of the natural frequencies, mode shapes, or residues in the forced vibration response data. Specifically, a nonlinear system identification based method for damage detection is sought that reduces the sensitivity of damage detection results to changes in vibration measurements due to variations in boundary conditions, environmental conditions, and material properties of the panel. Damage mechanisms considered include a disbond between the core and face sheet and a crack within the core. A panel is excited by a skewed piezoelectric actuator over a broad frequency range while a three-dimensional scanning laser vibrometer measures the surface velocity of the panel along three orthogonal axes. The forced frequency response data measured using the scanning laser vibrometer at multiple excitation amplitudes is processed to identify areas of the panel that exhibit significant nonlinear response characteristics. It is demonstrated that these localized nonlinearities in the panel coincide with the damaged areas of the composite material. Because changes in the measured frequency response functions due to nonlinear distortions associated with the damage can be identified without comparing the vibration data to a reference (baseline) signature of the undamaged material, this vibration technique for damage detection in composite materials exhibits less sensitivity to variations in the underlying linear characteristics than traditional methods. It is also demonstrated that the damage at a given location can be classified as either due to a disbond or core crack because these two types of damage produce difference signatures when comparing the multi-amplitude frequency response functions.

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Sara Underwood, David Koester, and Douglas E. Adams "Damage detection in sandwich composite materials using laser vibrometry in conjunction with nonlinear system identification", Proc. SPIE 7295, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2009, 72952I (9 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815817

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