Experimental Validation on Time Base Analysis of Various Aircraft CFRP Panel Conditions for Structural Health Monitoring

Abstract:

This paper evaluates the feasibility and effectiveness, within controlled conditions of an active pitch catch sensing PZT sensors on two panels and an aircraft structure made from carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) pre-impregnated materials. Once cured, the exhibits were subjected to partial and full penetration damages. Two PZT sensors each acting as an actuator and receiver were placed across the investigated region at 100mm apart. Three conditions were set on each panel for each undamaged, damaged and repaired area. Fifty readings were carried out on each panel for each condition. Feature extraction of the wavelet propagations were applied for the post processing from the captured Lamb wave data. The aircraft structure was also used to acquire data with the same above condition. A promising result shows that the interrogation of the actuating PZT sensors can differentiate the studied condition for both panels and structure. In addition, distinguished wavelet patterns were contributed by the surface irregularities due to damage and additional repair plies for both panels and aircraft structure.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 594-595)
• Pages: 935-939
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.594-595.935
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: K.D. Mohd Aris, Faizal Mustapha, S.M. Sapuan, Dayang Laila Majid
• Keywords: Composite Repair, Feature Extraction, Structural Health Monitoring System, Time Base Analysis, Wavelet Analysis

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