An Effective Generation of Lamb Waves in a Thin Plate Using Laser Line Array Illumination and Their Propagation Characteristics

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. Jang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Plate ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Laser Line ◽  
Propagation Characteristics ◽  
Line Array ◽  
Effective Generation ◽  
Array Illumination

Noncontact Evaluation of Defects in Thin Plate With Multimodes Lamb’s Waves and Wavelet Transform

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morimasa Murase ◽  
Koichiro Kawashima
Keyword(s):  
Group Velocity ◽  
Thin Plate ◽  
Wavelet Transformation ◽  
Velocity Dispersion ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Group Velocity Dispersion ◽  
Dispersion Curves ◽  
Contact Method ◽  
Intact Specimen ◽  
Time Frequency

Multimode’s Lamb waves in aluminum plates with various defects were excited by a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. The Lamb waves past through the defects were received a laser interferometer. The received signals of the Lamb waves are processed by the wavelet transformation. The wavelet transformation is generally shown on the time-frequency domain. By dividing a propagation distance by the time, the group velocities are identified. In this way, group velocity dispersion maps of multimode’s Lamb waves are constructed with the received temporal signals. By changing the shape of the mother wavelet, Gabor function, we can identify the dispersion curves of the higher mode Lamb waves. The group velocity dispersion maps of a intact specimen agree well on theoretical dispersion curves of S0, A0, S1, A1, S2, A2, and A3 modes. The difference between the dispersion maps of the intact specimen and that with defects clearly visualizes the existence of defects. This non-contact method is effective for inspecting various defects in thin plate structures.

Silicon Pillars as Resonators in an Acoustical Metamaterial

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Bonello ◽  
Rémi Marchal ◽  
Rayisa Moiseyenko ◽  
Yan Pennec ◽  
Bahram Djafari-Rouhani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Plate ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Mass Density ◽  
Resonant Mode ◽  
Ultrasonic Technique ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Negative Mass ◽  
Laser Ultrasonic ◽  
Compressional Mode ◽  
Bending Modes

We have investigated the propagation of Lamb waves in structures made of either an isolated resonant pillar or a set of pillars arranged in a line on a thin plate. The resonators as well as the plate are made of silicon. FEM computations show that two bending modes and one compressional mode are unambiguously identified in the frequency range of interest (0–10 MHz). We used a laser ultrasonic technique to map both the amplitude and the phase of the normal displacements on top of the pillars and at the surface of the sample. When the frequency is tuned to a resonant mode, either compressional or bending, the pillars vibrate 180° out-of-phase with respect to the Lamb waves, resulting in a negative modulus or negative mass density respectively.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Lamb Waves Used in a Thin Plate for Detecting Buried Micro-Cracks

Sensors ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 8528-8546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Wan ◽  
Qing Zhang ◽  
Guanghua Xu ◽  
Peter Tse
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Thin Plate ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Micro Cracks

scholarly journals Leaky Lamb Wave Radiation from a Waveguide Plate with Finite Width

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 8104
Author(s):  
Sang-Jin Park ◽  
Hoe-Woong Kim ◽  
Young-Sang Joo
Keyword(s):  
Lamb Wave ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Wave Mode ◽  
Wave Radiation ◽  
Finite Width ◽  
Propagation Characteristics ◽  
Radiation Characteristics ◽  
Radiation Beam ◽  
Leaky Lamb Wave ◽  
Waveguide Sensor

In this paper, leaky Lamb wave radiation from a waveguide plate with finite width is investigated to gain a basic understanding of the radiation characteristics of the plate-type waveguide sensor. Although the leaky Lamb wave behavior has already been theoretically revealed, most studies have only dealt with two dimensional radiations of a single leaky Lamb wave mode in an infinitely wide plate, and the effect of the width modes (that are additionally formed by the lateral sides of the plate) on leaky Lamb wave radiation has not been fully addressed. This work aimed to explain the propagation behavior and characteristics of the Lamb waves induced by the existence of the width modes and to reveal their effects on leaky Lamb wave radiation for the performance improvement of the waveguide sensor. To investigate the effect of the width modes in a waveguide plate with finite width, propagation characteristics of the Lamb waves were analyzed by the semi-analytical finite element (SAFE) method. Then, the Lamb wave radiation was computationally modeled on the basis of the analyzed propagation characteristics and was also experimentally measured for comparison. From the modeled and measured results of the leaky radiation beam, it was found that the width modes could affect leaky Lamb wave radiation with the mode superposition and radiation characteristics were significantly changed depending on the wave phase of the superposed modes on the radiation surface.

Suppressing Technique of the Antisymmetric Mode by the Superposition of Lamb Waves Generated by Two Laser Beams in a Thin Plate

2006 ◽  
Vol 321-323 ◽  
pp. 103-107
Author(s):  
Seung Seok Lee ◽  
Sang Whoe Dho
Keyword(s):  
Thin Plate ◽  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Lamb Wave ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Wave Mode ◽  
Laser Beams ◽  
Symmetric Mode ◽  
Antisymmetric Mode

We present a suppressing technique of the antisymmetric mode by superposition of Lamb waves generated by two laser beams in a thin plate. Two Lamb waves of the same frequency propagating from the opposite direction simultaneously arrive at the point of measurement and are superposed to compose one Lamb wave. The amplitude of the superposed Lamb wave depends on the distance between two laser beams. The suppressing of antisymmetric Lamb wave mode is accomplished by selecting the distance between two beams which simultaneously satisfies the condition of the anti-node(maximum) for the symmetric mode and the minimum for the antisymmetric mode. By this method, the antisymmetric Lamb wave mode is suppressed to the degree of 1.4% of the amplitude measured at zero distance between two beams.

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