Rayleigh damping parameters estimation using hammer impact tests

•Analysis of Lamb wave propagation due to very low energy impacts on composite plates.•Rayleigh damping parameters estimated from lamb wave characteristics.•Finite element model simulation of the impacts show a good agreement with the test results. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems for aero...

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Published in:Mechanical systems and signal processing 2020-01, Vol.135, p.106391, Article 106391
Main Authors: Sánchez Iglesias, Fernando, Fernández López, Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon fiber reinforced plastics
Composite materials
Computer simulation
Damping
Finite element method
Impact tests
Impacts
Interference
Parameter estimation
Piezoelectricity
Reliability
SHM
simulation
Structural health monitoring
Time-frequency analysis
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Summary:•Analysis of Lamb wave propagation due to very low energy impacts on composite plates.•Rayleigh damping parameters estimated from lamb wave characteristics.•Finite element model simulation of the impacts show a good agreement with the test results. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems for aerospace applications are becoming more prevalent and its potential cost-benefit relation is rapidly improving as more structures that were traditionally made with metallic materials are gradually being replaced by composites. To support these systems, simulations can play a crucial role; however, in the case of low energy impacts, the structural damping becomes a very significant element in the simulation. This damping is usually not well known, or is based in estimates with very low reliability. Therefore, in order to improve the reliability of these values this paper presents an attempt to estimate the Rayleigh damping parameters with the application of time-frequency analysis methods to transient signals, specifically, the reduced interference distribution. These parameters are estimated based in the results of a large number of structural tests done in a square carbon-fiber reinforced plastic panel, and are then validated by correlation of an explicit Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation. A discussion on how to apply the reduced interference distribution to the signals measured by piezoelectric sensors under an impact scenario and other possible usages of these results is also presented in this document.
ISSN:0888-3270
1096-1216
DOI:10.1016/j.ymssp.2019.106391