Abstract

The continuous excitation-based scanning laser Doppler vibrometer (SLDV) has been gaining prominence as a defect-detecting tool because of its superior performance in discovering faults, such as thinning of structures, compared to conventional non-destructive evaluation methods. To date, the optimal test mode and frequency for interdigital transducers have been heuristically selected. Although this approach is effective for problems involving a small number of modes, heuristic algorithms have limitations with respect to problems involving multiple complex modes. Therefore, in this study, the determination of the inspection mode and frequency is formulated as an optimization problem, and the effective wavenumber and bandwidth of the high-pass and bandpass filters in signal processing are also considered. Numerical optimization examples show that the proposed method is effective and robust. An experiment with a thick plate with shallow defects was performed, and the quantitative images obtained showed the correct location of the defects with the proposed numerical optimal solution.

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