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Health Monitoring of Structures: Multiple Delamination Dynamics in Composite Beams

40thAIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS, Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference,
1999, AIAA-99-1509.


Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the dynamics of beams with multiple delaminations. The objective of the study is to use the dynamic response of the delaminated beams in health monitoring of composite structures. As a first step, we present experimental results on the vibrations of a cantilever beam with multiple delaminations. These experiments are conducted by exciting the beam with piezoelectric actuators. The response is detected by using a high-speed video camera to study the existence of delamination opening modes in a beam with multiple delaminations. Then, an analysis of natural frequencies and mode shapes, for a delaminated beam, is presented by using analytical techniques. The measured dynamic responses of the beam with multiple delaminations are also presented. The experimentally detected nonlinear response is discussed.

Opening mode of the delaminated beam at the first natural frequency

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