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Guided wave expansion in warped curvelet frames.

Luca De Marchi¹, Emanuele Baravelli, Massimo Ruzzene

¹Department of Electronics (DEIS), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. l.demarchi@unibo.it

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A new method using warped curvelet frames (WCFs) effectively decomposes guided wavefields for structural health monitoring. This technique accurately isolates damage reflections from complex wave interactions in structures.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
Signal Processing

Background:

Structural health monitoring (SHM) commonly uses Lamb wave testing.
Analyzing wavefields from techniques like scanning laser Doppler vibrometers (SLDVs) is crucial for damage detection.
Isolating defect reflections from complex wave phenomena in structures is challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel mathematical tool, warped curvelet frames (WCFs), for effective wavefield decomposition.
To enable precise isolation of defect-induced reflections in complex structures.
To enhance damage detection and characterization in SHM.

Main Methods:

Developed warped curvelet frames (WCFs) by combining curvelet transform (CT) and warped frequency transform (WFT).
CT provides sparse representation for nondispersive waves.
WFT enables flexible analysis of multimodal, dispersive wave propagation.

Main Results:

WCFs achieve convenient decomposition of guided waves by exploiting spatial, temporal, and spectro-temporal characteristics.
The method effectively isolates relevant wave contributions, including defect-induced reflections.
Validated through simulations and experiments, demonstrating successful separation of closely located acoustic events.

Conclusions:

Warped curvelet frames offer a powerful tool for analyzing complex wavefields in SHM.
The technique enhances the ability to detect and characterize damage in structures.
This approach improves the reliability of Lamb wave-based SHM.