Papers by Author: Il Wook Park

Abstract: This paper presents a spectral element model for the laminated composite beams with a surface-bonded PZT layer. The spectral element model represented by exact dynamic stiffness matrix is derived in the frequency-domain by using the frequency-dependent dynamic shape functions which are formulated from the free wave solutions satisfying the governing differential equations transformed into the frequency-domain by using the DFT theory. The performance of the present spectral element model is then evaluated by comparing its solutions with those obtained by using the conventional finite element model

Abstract: This paper presents a spectral element model for the spinning uniform shaft represented by the Timoshenko beam model. The bearing-supports are represented by equivalent springs. The variational approach is used to formulate the spectral element model from the frequency-dependent shape functions derived from exact wave solutions to the governing differential equations.

Abstract: A computer-aided time reversal process (CTRP) is proposed for the structural damage diagnosis. In the standard time reversal process (STRP), both forward and backward processes are conducted by the measurement. However, in the proposed CTRP, the forward process is conducted by the measurement while the backward process is conducted by the computation. As a benefit of the computer-based backward process, the unwanted Lamb wave modes which do not carry damage information can be readily removed from the signals reconstructed at the input excitation point. The reconstructed signals refined in such a way can make the signal processing for the damage diagnosis more efficient and easier.