Rapid characterization of the degradation of composites using plate waves dispersion data

摘要

NDE methods are needed to determine the structure integrity, stiffness and durability (residual life) of structures and they can be extremely useful in assuring the performance of structures using smaller safety factors. While the integrity and stiffness can be extracted directly from NDE measurements strength and durability can not be associated with physical physical parameters and therefore, cannot be measured by NDE methods. Specifically, NDE methods are developed to detect and characterize flaws and to determine the material properties of test specimens. For many years, composites as multi-layered anisotropic media, have posed a challenge to the NDE research community. Pulse-echo and through-transmission are the leading methods that are used in practice to evaluate the quality of composites.