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Experimental study of the A0 and S0 Lamb waves interaction with symmetrical notches
Farouk Benmeddour1, Sébastien Grondel, Jamal Assaad
1IEMN, UMR/CNRS 8520, OAE Department, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis, Valenciennes Cedex 9, France. Farouk_Benmeddour@yahoo.fr
Abstract:
The aim of this work is to study the fundamental Lamb modes interaction with defects in isotropic plates. For these experimental investigations, symmetrical notches with various depths milled in aluminum plates are considered. Moreover, the incident Lamb wave of a specific mode is generated by means of two identical thin piezoceramic transducers placed at the opposite sides of the plate. The waves scattered by the notch are recorded with conventional transducers located on the plate surface in front and behind the defect. The selection of the A(0) or the S(0) modes is obtained by exciting the transducers with anti-phased or in-phased signals, respectively. Furthermore, a calibration process is investigated to correct errors caused by the presence of the receiver between the emitters and the defects. The power reflection and transmission coefficients are then obtained and the power balance is verified. Finally, these measurements are compared successfully with those obtained by a numerical method using the finite-element modeling described in a previous work.
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