Lamb Waves for Structural Health Monitoring in Viscoelastic Composite Materials

By (author) Mircea Calomfirescu

Book cover: Lamb Waves for Structural Health Monitoring in Viscoelastic Composite Materials

Extent: 128 pages

Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin

Subjects: Technical Sciences: Computer Science, Engineering, IT, & Math

Series: Science-Report aus dem Faserinstitut Bremen

Series volume number: 3

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(July 2008)

ISBN: 9783832519469

5.71 x 8.27 inches

Price: $61.00

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Strucural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a novel philosophy for an autonomous, built-in nondestructive evalution of structural “health” on demand to reduce life-cycle costs, increase safety and reduce structural weight. This dissertation investigates ultrasonic guided waves, particulary Lamb waves, and their propagation properties as a method to perform Health Monitoring of viscoelastic composite structures.

  • By (author) Mircea Calomfirescu