Lamb wave interaction at debondings due to impact damage in complex stiffened CFRP structures

B. Eckstein; M. Moix Bonet; M. Bach; C.-P. Fritzen

doi:10.1117/12.2259915

5 April 2017 Lamb wave interaction at debondings due to impact damage in complex stiffened CFRP structures

B. Eckstein, M. Moix Bonet, M. Bach, C.-P. Fritzen

Proceedings Volume 10170, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2017; 101701Q (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2259915
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2017, Portland, Oregon, United States

Abstract

The increasing usage of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) for primary aerospace structures involves dealing with the principal susceptibility of composite laminates to impact loads as well as the occurrence of barely visible impact damages. One special case among the variety of impact sources is the so called blunt impact, which may cause primarily damage to the internal structure. Thus, the assessment of debonding of stiffening elements in CFRP structures poses an attractive application case for Structural Health Monitoring by Guided Ultrasonic Waves. Wave propagation phenomena at impact damages as well as the utilized signal processing to extract a damage related feature (i.e. damage index) contribute to the sensitivity and thus to the reliability of SHM systems. This work is based on data from the EU-funded project SARISTU, where a generic CFRP door surrounding fuselage panel with an integrated sensor network has been built and tested by introducing a large number of impact damages. Wave interaction of stringer debondings of different size and morphology in omega-stringer stiffened structures are examined to highlight the factors contributing to the sensitivity. Common damage indicator formulations for use with imaging algorithms, such as the Reconstruction Algorithm for the Probabilistic Inspection of Damage (RAPID), are applied on data from various damage cases. Furthermore, the difference in detectability of debondings and delaminations as well as the implications on imaging algorithms are examined.

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B. Eckstein, M. Moix Bonet, M. Bach, and C.-P. Fritzen "Lamb wave interaction at debondings due to impact damage in complex stiffened CFRP structures", Proc. SPIE 10170, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2017, 101701Q (5 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2259915

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