Book description
Presents the state of the art in the modelling, analysis and
experimental investigation of elastic wave propagation using a
technique of rapidly increasing interest and development
Addressing an important issue in the field of guided-wave-based
damage identification and structural health monitoring,
Guided Waves in Structures for SHM presents the
modelling, analysis and experimental investigation of elastic wave
propagation in engineering structures made of isotropic or composite
materials. The authors begin by summarising present-day knowledge on
elastic wave propagation in solids, focusing on challenges associated
with developing efficient numerical methods and verifying them
experimentally. They then progress to describe modelling and analysis
using the Spectral Finite Element Method-based approach, presenting
the results of numerical tests of elastic wave propagation in
structural elements of diverse types ranging from rods through beams,
disks, plates and coatings to 3D structures. The section devoted to
experimental research describes applications of laser technology for
measuring elastic wave propagation in real-life structural elements.
- Addresses both numerical analysis and experimental research in a
single volume.
- Presents state-of-the-art numerical models based on the Spectral
Finite Element Method and experimental research employing laser technologies
- Coverage includes an introduction to theory of elastic wave
propagation in solids,
- signal processing techniques the spectral element approach,
elastic waves in 1D and 2D structures, EWavePro simulation
environment, dispersion relations and damage localisation methods
- Accompanied by a website housing the demo version of the
authors' own software dedicated to solve the problems indicated in
the book.
Original and valuable in its presentation of both numerical analysis
and experimental research in a single volume and accompanied by a
website housing the demo version of the authors' own software
dedicated to solve the problems indicated in the book,
Guided Waves in Structures for SHM provides a state of
the art resource for researchers, students and practitioners within
SHM and NDT.
