光纤布拉格传感器兰姆波检测的反射谱分析

传统的兰姆波多采用压电陶瓷换能器激发和接收。建立了新的超声兰姆波无损检测系统,其基本思想是采用布拉格光纤传感器作为兰姆波的接收器。光纤光栅传感的基本原理是通过检测光栅反射的中心波长移动实现对外界参量如超声的测量。超声作用下光纤光栅的反射谱发生变化,对超声作用下光纤光栅的反射谱变化进行了数值分析,结果表明,超声对光栅反射谱的影响与超声波长与光栅长度的比值是高度相关的。只有当这个比值相当大时,反射谱的形状才不会变化而中心波长发生偏移,此时光纤传感器可用来探测兰姆波。这个结论为利用新的兰姆波无损检测系统在布拉格光栅长度的设计和兰姆波波长的选择方面提供了有用的工具。     

光纤非本征法布里-玻罗传感器兰姆波检测灵敏度分析

基于兰姆波的结构工况检测技术在评估复合材料和金属结构的安全性和耐久性方面发挥着重要的作用。作为对传统的压电换能器（PZT）的一种很好的替代,光纤传感器在传感方面的应用正被广泛地挖掘出来,包括兰姆波检测。本文从理论上建立了超声兰姆波作用下光纤非本征法布里．玻罗（EFPI）传感器参数与其输出性能之间的关系。数值结果显示了传感器的性能与其相对于声源的方向角以及传感器的计量长度与超声波长的比值相关。所得出的结论对于EFPI传感器精确地探测兰姆波提供了理论依据。     

疲劳微裂纹的非线性兰姆波静态分量检测研究

为定量表征板状金属结构中的疲劳微裂纹扩展状态,采用非线性超声兰姆波静态分量方法,对含不同长度疲劳微裂纹的金属结构进行检测。实验采用低频超声换能器间接接收非线性兰姆波静态分量信号并进行时频域分析,获得非线性参数随微裂纹长度的变化趋势,并分析不同模式基频兰姆波生成的静态分量对疲劳微裂纹的敏感性。通过仿真模拟进一步分析非线性兰姆波静态分量的生成机制。结果表明：微裂纹的张开和闭合对兰姆波起调制作用,引起静态分量的生成;非线性参数随疲劳微裂纹扩展单调增加,S3和S1模式基频兰姆波生成静态分量的非线性参数分别增长到313%和201%;S3模式基频兰姆波生成的静态分量对疲劳微裂纹扩展相比S1模式更加敏感。该研究可证明采用非线性兰姆波静态分量方法检测金属结构疲劳微裂纹的有效性。     

电磁超声兰姆波换能器多目标优化设计

针对电磁超声兰姆波换能器激发的兰姆波存在多模式、频散现象和信号较弱的问题,结合铝合金板材检测背景,提出一种基于＂双交点法＂、＂零斜率准则＂和正交试验设计相结合的电磁超声兰姆波换能器多目标优化设计方法。其中,＂双交点法＂可有效削弱兰姆波多模式现象的影响,＂零斜率准则＂能够有效降低兰姆波的频散现象,而正交试验设计方法可有效提高电磁超声兰姆波信号的幅值。依据所提优化设计方法,对一个在铝板检测中常用的电磁超声兰姆波换能器的9个主要参数进行了多目标优化设计。实验表明,优化后,兰姆波信号中的多模式、频散现象得到显著抑制,而且信号幅值得到明显提升,有效改善了电磁超声兰姆波换能器的工程实用性。     

基于偏最小二乘法分形计盒维数的冲击定位方法

针对航空板结构健康监测需求,提出一种基于分形计盒维数的板结构分布式光纤冲击载荷定位方法。使用分形维数能够定量描述与刻画非线性系统行为的复杂性以及度量信号的不规则度。研究发现,光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)传感器冲击响应信号频谱的分形计盒维数与冲击距离以及冲击位置与光纤轴向角度存在关联,以此为特征参数可以实现对冲击位置定位。由于冲击响应信号频谱的分形计盒维数与冲击位置之间存在重复性、非线性等问题,采用偏最小二乘回归法,对多个传感器数据进行数据融合,提高了冲击点位置预测提高定位精度。该方法与时差冲击定位方法相比,无需高速FBG解调设备。     

基于空气耦合超声对储油罐液位的检测

随着石油在国民生产生活中的广泛应用,对储油罐油品液位的无损检测技术要求越来越高。针对储油罐罐壁厚度为5 mm的钢制储油罐为对象,探讨空气耦合超声检测技术对储油罐检测的可行性。利用数值计算和试验分析两种方法,使用空气耦合超声换能器激励出钢板中不同模态的兰姆波,对储油罐内不同介质中兰姆波传播进行模拟,分析不同参数对接收信号幅值以及储油罐内不同介质接收到泄漏兰姆波幅值大小的影响。结果表明,使用空气耦合超声泄漏兰姆波对几种不同介质的界面在10 mm范围内能够进行良好区分,其检测结果满足实际检测需求,可以利用泄漏兰姆波A0模式对储油罐液位进行检测。     

超声检测中的兰姆波层析成像

兰姆波作为超声导波，可以对薄板类结构实现大范围快速的检测。然而，从兰姆波数据中提取定量信息时对检测人员的技术素质提出了很高的要求。文章用兰姆波层析成像仿真实现了铝板中不同缺陷的重建图像。结果表明：采用滤波反投影算法得到的层析图像给出了关于缺陷位置和类型的信息，从而使技术人员可以方便地识别出材料中的缺陷。     

基于光纤光栅的光纤电流传感

将光纤光栅(FBG)封装入以超磁致伸缩材料(GMM)与永磁体构成的传感基座内形成系统核心传感部件,并将其放置于电流形成的磁场中,构成电流传感器。利用光纤迈克尔逊干涉仪(MI)对FBG波长的变化进行解调,从而获得被测交流电流信号。实验结果表明,检测幅值100 A~2000 A的交变电流时,该传感器对交变电流具有良好的线性响应。     

热残余应力对内埋光纤光栅传感器性能的影响

将布拉格光纤光栅(FBG)埋植于复合材料T型加筋板结构非干涉区—三角填充区作为应变传感器对复合材料加筋板在固化过程及冲击后压缩过程中的应变变化进行监测。对比了光纤刻栅区采用UV光固化树脂涂层保护和未保护的两种FBG传感器的波谱信号变化; 分析了复合材料在固化成型过程中产生的非轴对称热残余应力对FBG传感性能的影响。结果表明, 刻栅区采用聚合物涂层保护的FBG传感器的半峰宽(FWHM)在固化过程中未发生变化, 并且聚合物涂层可以有效地消除非轴对称热残余应力对光纤光栅反射波谱的影响。在冲击后压缩过程中, 采用聚合物涂层保护的FBG传感器测得的应变与贴于试样表面的应变片测得的应变数据一致性较好。本文对埋植于复合材料加筋板三角填充区的FBG传感器在复合材料固化过程及冲击后压缩过程中应变监测的有效性及可靠性进行了有益的探索。     

变压器绕组热点温度监测技术的研究

设计基于光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)的温度监测系统,实现对变压器绕组热点温度的实时监测.介绍光纤光栅的测温原理,并利用Ansys中的Maxwell和Fluent模块对变压器的电磁场-流体场-温度场进行仿真,得到热点的具体信息,以便在实际测量时,合理放置光纤光栅传感器的位置.使用FBGA解调模块对检测到的光信号进行处理,完成...     

Development of smart composite structures with small-diameter fiber Bragg grating sensors for damage detection: Quantitative evaluation of delamination length in CFRP laminates using Lamb wave sensing

The authors and Hitachi Cable, Ltd. have recently developed small-diameter optical fiber and its fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor for embedment inside a lamina of composite laminates without strength reduction. The outside diameters of the cladding and polyimide coating are 40 and 52 μm, respectively. First, a brief summary is presented for applications of small-diameter FBG sensors to damage monitoring in composite structures. Then, we propose a new damage detection system for quantitative evaluation of delamination length in CFRP laminates using Lamb wave sensing. In this system, a piezo-ceramic actuator generates Lamb waves in a CFRP laminate. After the waves propagate in the laminate, transmitted waves are received by an FBG sensor attached on or embedded in the laminate using a newly developed high-speed optical wavelength interrogation system. This system was applied to detect interlaminar delamination in CFRP cross-ply laminates. When the Lamb waves passed through the delamination, the amplitude decreased and a new wave mode appeared. These phenomena could be well simulated using a finite element analysis. From the changes in the amplitude ratio and the arrival time of the new mode depending on the delamination length, it was found that this system could evaluate the delamination length quantitatively. Furthermore, small-diameter FBG sensors were embedded in a double-lap type coupon specimen, and the debonding progress could be evaluated using the wavelet transform.     

Surface-bonded and embedded optical fibers as ultrasonic sensors

The effectiveness of surface-bonded and embedded optical fibers for the detection of ultrasonic Lamb waves in 2-3-mm-thick steel, carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) and glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) plates are compared. A novel integrating ultrasonic sensor was achieved using the signal arm of an actively stabilized 633-nm homodyne Mach-Zehnder fiber interferometer which was either bonded directly to the plate surface or spliced to single-mode fibers embedded within a composite plate during manufacture. An embedded fiber is shown to be about 20 times more sensitive to Lamb wave motions than a surface-bonded fiber. However, the latter may be more practical.     

Generation and reception of ultrasonic guided waves in composite plates using conformable piezoelectric transmitters and optical-fiber detectors

A condition monitoring nondestructive evaluation (NDE) system, combining the generation of ultrasonic Lamb waves in thin composite plates and their subsequent detection using an embedded optical fiber system is described. The acoustic source is of low profile with respect to the composite plate thickness, surface conformable, and able to efficiently launch a known Lamb wave mode, at operating frequencies between 100 and 500 kHz, over typical propagation distances of 100 to 500 mm. It incorporates both piezocomposite technology and interdigital design techniques to generate the fundamental symmetrical Lamb wave mode in both metallic and carbon-fiber composite plates. Linear systems and finite element modeling techniques have been used to evaluate the operation of the transducer structure, and this is supplemented by experimental verification of the simulated data. An optical fiber, either bonded to the surface or embedded across the length of the composite plate samples, is used to detect the propagating ultrasonic Lamb waves. Single mode silica fiber has been used in conjunction with a portable 633 nm Mach-Zehnder interferometer for signal demodulation and subsequent data acquisition. This hybrid system is shown to generate and detect the fundamental symmetrical Lamb wave (s(0)) in both carbon-fiber and glass-fiber reinforced composite plates. Importantly, the system signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) associated with the acoustic source compares favorably with s(0) Lamb wave generation using a conventional transducer and angled perspex wedge arrangement.     

Noncontact detection of ultrasonic waves using fiber optic Sagnac interferometer

This paper describes a fiber optic sensor suitable for noncontact detection of ultrasonic waves. This sensor is based on the fiber optic Sagnac interferometer, which has a path-matched configuration and does not require active stabilization. Quadrature phase bias between two interfering laser beams in the Sagnac loop is applied by controlling the birefringence using a fiber polarization controller. A stable quadrature phase bias can be confirmed by observing the interferometer output according to the change of phase bias. Additional signal processing is not needed for the detection of ultrasonic waves using the Sagnac interferometer. Ultrasonic oscillations produced by conventional ultrasonic piezoelectric transducers were successfully detected, and the performance of this interferometer was investigated by a power spectrum analysis of the output signal. Based on the validation of the fiber optic Sagnac interferometer, noncontact detection of laser-generated surface waves was performed. The configured Sagnac interferometer is very effective for the detection of small displacement with high frequency, such as ultrasonic waves used in conventional nondestructive testing (NDT)     

用光纤干涉仪检测I形复合材料梁腹板/翼缘连接处的分层

介绍了一种在超声回弹波频谱分析基础上用光纤干涉仪来检测I形复合材料梁腹板/翼缘连接处分层的方法, 利用超声发射器在I形梁中产生应力波, 用表面粘贴的光纤干涉仪来接收应力波产生的输出信号, 对此信号进行频谱分析可找到I形梁的分层位置。理论分析和实验都表明了此方法探测复合材料梁腹板/翼缘连接处分层的可行性。      

用光纤干涉仪检测I形复合材料梁腹板/翼缘连接处的分层

介绍了一种在超声回弹波频谱分析基础上用光纤干涉仪来检测I形复合材料梁腹板/翼缘连接处分层的方法,利用超声发射器在I形梁中产生应力波,用表面粘贴的光纤干涉仪来接收应力波产生的输出信号,对此信号进行频谱分析可找到I形梁的分层位置。理论分析和实验都表明了此方法探测复合材料梁腹板/翼缘连接处分层的可行性。     

Elastic Property Measurement Using Rayleigh-Lamb Waves

Abstract

A nondestructive technique is described for the measurement of elastic constants of isotropic plates using ultrasonic Rayleigh-Lamb waves. The experimental method employs continuous harmonic waves and a pair of variable-angle contact transducers in pitch-catch mode. The phase velocity of the R-L waves at a particular frequency is determined from the phase shift over a measured path length. This simple experimental technique can measure phase velocity over the range 1–10 mm/μs with an error of less than 0.5% over a frequency range of 50 kHz-2 MHz. Individual symmetric and antisymmetric modes can be generated through the selection of transducer angle and frequency. Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio for the material are calculated from measurements of frequency and phase velocity by a nonlinear least squares solution to the dispersion equations. The sensitivity of the nonlinear least squares function to the measurement region of the dispersion curve is investigated. It was found that estimations of material properties are more accurate and less sensitive to small experimental errors when only selected frequencies and R-L modes are used in the least squares calculation. This technique is demonstrated with several isotropic materials and with both thick (6 mm) and thin (0.8 mm) plates. Values for elastic constants determined by the contact transducer Lamb wave technique compare favorably with values measured using the pulse-echo-overlap method. The uncertainty in measurements of Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio was less than 1% and 2%, respectively. The technique has advantages over more traditional methods for measuring elastic properties when it is desirable to use wavelengths greater than the plate thickness, when properties may vary with frequency, or when it is necessary to measure in-plane elastic properties of thin plate structures.     

Impact Damage Detection in Composite Structures Considering Nonlinear Lamb Wave Propagation

To detect micro-structural damages like fiber/matrix cracks and delaminations in composite materials accurately new methods are developed. Previous works have investigated and shown that the acoustical nonlinearity parameter is a good tool to detect micro-structural damages like plasticity in metal and fatigue damages in metal and composites. In this work, the second harmonic generation is used to analyze composite specimens for impact damages. Therefore, Lamb waves are launched and detected by a piezoelectric actuator and sensor, respectively, at a certain frequency to generate cumulative second harmonic modes. The excitation frequency has to meet special conditions. The signal processing is done by using the wavelet transform to avoid misinterpretations that may occur using the short-time Fourier transform. The Morlet wavelet is used as the mother wavelet. The results of the relative acoustical nonlinearity parameter are compared to the development of the group velocity due to impact damages. It is shown that the relative acoustical nonlinearity parameter is more sensitive to impact damages than the development of the group velocity.