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Abstract
Joint structures, such as riveting, hinges, and flanges, are widely used in complex mechanical systems. A small unexpected change of a joint can lead to complicated wave-scattering in its connected waveguides. The conversion between wave modes can be used to quantify the variation of the connection status of joints. This gives rise to the challenge of exciting and sensing only one specific wave mode in practice. In this paper, transmitted wave amplitudes of a flange joint are first calculated by the wave finite element method (WFEM) to study the quantitative relationship between the local stiffness changes of the damaged site and the wave-mode conversion. Wave-mode piezoelectric transducers are subsequently designed for torsional, longitudinal, and flexural waves in cylindrical waveguides. The idea is to use the distribution and interconnection of the piezoelectric materials to cancel the charge contributed from the non-targeting waves. We conducted numerical simulations to demonstrate the selective coupling features of the designed wave transducers and found difference of several orders of magnitude in voltages between targeting wave mode and other wave modes. Four selected wave transducers were then extended to monitor the connection status of the flange. The wave-scattering features in the simulation and WFEM were verified to be in good agreement.
Highlights
Large-scale mechanical systems such as spacecraft contain thousands of simple components connected by joint structures
In this paper, based on the wave-scattering characteristics of the joint structure calculated by wave finite element method (WFEM), we proposed a design scheme of the distributed piezoelectric transducers in a cylindrical shell to monitor the transmitted waves
Wave-scattering of the coupling element is first calculated by WFEM
Summary
Large-scale mechanical systems such as spacecraft contain thousands of simple components connected by joint structures. Most promising for joint structures is probably guided-wave-based SHM, which has attracted considerable attention It has several inherent advantages: (1) a small wavelength ensures sufficient interaction of the guided waves and local minor damage; (2) the excitation frequency of guided waves can be very high, signals of the operating and ambient frequencies barely perturb transmitted signals of guided waves; (3) the characteristics of piezoelectric materials confer on guided waves the capability of a wide sweep range. For these reasons, we develop wave-based approaches for SHM of joint structures in this work. The simulated results verify the features of transmitted waves demonstrated in WFEM
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