Damage Detection Using Lamb Waves (Review)

Abstract:

Several techniques have been researched for detecting damage in plates. Each of these techniques offers their own unique advantages in detecting certain types of damage with various levels of analytical complexity. Lamb waves are guided waves that exist in thin walled structures. Because this type of wave can travel long distance with little attenuation, they have been studied intensively for structural health monitoring, especially in the past few decades. This paper presents an overview of using the Lamb waves in damage detection including the theory of lamb waves and the lamb-wave-based damage identification.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1028)
• Pages: 161-166
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1028.161
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Zai Lin Yang*, Hamada M. Elgamal, Yao Wang
• Keywords: Damage Detection, Elastic Waves, Health Monitoring, Lamb Waves

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