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Wave structure analysis of guided waves in a bar with an arbitrary cross-section
Takahiro Hayashi1, Chiga Tamayama, Morimasa Murase
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso Showa, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan. hayashi@nitech.ac.jp
Abstract:
Both dispersion curves and wave structures, which are displacement distributions on a bar cross-section, are essential for guided wave NDEs. Theoretical dispersion curves and wave structures for a bar with an arbitrary cross-section are derived in this paper using a special modeling technique called the semi-analytical finite element method (SAFEM). The guidelines for guided wave NDEs of bar-like structures are also shown based on wave structure and modal analysis. First, the relationship between the dispersion curves and their corresponding wave structures were obtained for a square rod. Modes with longitudinal vibration have higher group velocities and torsional modes have constant phase and group velocities. Next, the relationship between the dispersion curves and wave structures for a rail are detailed. The rail is used to represent a bar with a complex cross-section. Similar to the square rod results, the rail's longitudinal modes have higher group velocities. However, the rail contains modes with local vibration. Finally, single mode detection and excitation techniques are introduced. A single mode can be obtained by detecting and exciting with a weighted function that corresponds to a specific mode's wave structure.
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