Damage Detection in Laminated Composite Beams, Plates and Shells Using Dynamic Analysis

Abstract:

Vibration-based technique to detect damage in laminated composite beams, rectangular plates and cylindrical shells is presented in this paper.A parameter called damage indicator calculated based on mode shape curvature isused in this studyto detect the location and size of small damages accurately in laminated composite structures. Through numerical analysis of laminated compositecantilevered beam, plate and cylindrical shell models with edge crack as damage, the absolute change inthe damage indicator is localized in the region of damage. Thechange in damage indicatorincreases withincreasing size of damage. Thisinformationis obtained by considering two cases of damage sizes (case-1 and case-2)in the structures. Finite element methodbased commercial analysis package ANSYSis used to obtain thenormalized displacement mode shapesof the three models both for intact and damaged states and then the damage indicator is calculated from the mode shapes data.The numerical analysis to detect damage is followed by validation by experimental modal testing.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 787)
• Pages: 901-906
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.787.901
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: G. Mahendran*, Chandrasekaran Kesavan, S.K. Malhotra
• Keywords: Curvature Mode Shape, Damage Detection, FEA, Laminated Composites, Modal Testing

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