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Area of Science:

  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • Composite Materials Science
  • Computational Mechanics

Background:

  • Composite structures are susceptible to intra- and inter-laminar damage.
  • Accurate damage detection is crucial for structural integrity and safety.
  • Existing methods may require baseline data of the healthy state.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel strategy for detecting and localizing intra- or inter-laminar damages in composite structures.
  • To develop a damage diagnosis approach that does not require prior information of the healthy structure.
  • To evaluate the proposed method's reliability and robustness under various conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing surface-instrumented strain sensors for data acquisition.
  • Employing the inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM) for real-time reconstruction of structural displacements.
  • Post-processing (smoothing) of iFEM results to establish a real-time healthy structural baseline.
  • Comparing damaged and healthy structural data for damage diagnosis.

Main Results:

  • The proposed approach successfully detected and localized delamination in a thin plate and skin-spar debonding in a wing box numerically.
  • The method demonstrated reliability and robustness in damage detection.
  • The accuracy of damage prediction is influenced by measurement noise and sensor proximity to the damage site.

Conclusions:

  • The developed strategy offers a reliable and robust method for composite damage detection and localization.
  • The inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM) is effective for real-time structural displacement reconstruction and baseline establishment.
  • Optimal sensor placement proximal to potential damage sites is critical for accurate predictions.