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Gałęzia A.♦, Orłowska-Gałęzia A., Application of Teager–Kaiser’s instantaneous frequency for detection of delamination in FRP composite materials,
Materials, ISSN: 1996-1944, DOI: 10.3390/ma14051154, Vol.14, No.5, pp.1154-1-24, 2021Abstract: Composite materials are widely used in many engineering applications and fields of technology. One of the main defects, which occur in fiber-reinforced composite materials, is delamination. It manifests itself in the separation of layers of material and the damaged structure once subjected to mechanical loads degrades further. Delamination results in lower stiffness and the decrease of structure’s carry load capability. Its early detection is one of the tasks of non-invasive structural health monitoring of layered composite materials. This publication discusses a new method for delamination detection in fiber-reinforced composite materials. The approach is based on analysis of energy signal, calculated with Teager–Kaiser energy operator, and comparison of change of the weighted instantaneous frequency for measurement points located in- and outside of delamination area. First, applicability of the developed method was tested using simple models of vibration signals, reflecting considered phenomena. Next, the authors’ weighted instantaneous frequency was applied for detection of deamination using signals obtained from FEM simulated response of the cantilever beam. Finally, the methods effectiveness were tested involving real experimental signals collected by the laser Doppler vibrometer (LVD) sensor measuring vibrations of the delaminated glass-epoxy specimens. Keywords: delamination, Teager–Kaiser energy operator, instantaneous frequency, fiber-reinforced composite material Affiliations:
Gałęzia A. | - | Warsaw University of Technology (PL) | Orłowska-Gałęzia A. | - | IPPT PAN |
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Orłowska A., Gałęzia A.♦, Świercz A., Jankowski Ł., Mitigation of vibrations in sandwich-type structures by a controllable constrained layer,
JOURNAL OF VIBRATION AND CONTROL, ISSN: 1077-5463, DOI: 10.1177/1077546320946130, Vol.27, No.13-14, pp.1595-1605, 2021Abstract: This study presents and tests a method for semi-active control of vibrations in sandwich-type beam structures. This method adapts a strategy called prestress accumulation release. The prestress accumulation release strategy is based on structural reconfiguration: it uses short time, impulsive and localised changes of actuator properties (such as stiffness or damping), which are applied to a part of the system in the moments, when its strain energy attains a local maximum. The method has been earlier applied as a global control scheme to mitigate the fundamental vibration mode of a cantilever beam (by stiffness control) and in the task of mitigating the first four modes of a frame structure (by damping control). This study proposes a prestress accumulation release strategy and tests its effectiveness for the case of a three-layered sandwich structure, with the internal layer fabricated from a material with dissipative characteristic locally controllable through the material damping coefficient. In contrast to the earlier research, the control is applied thus at the level of material characteristics instead of a discrete set of dedicated actuators. Based on the finite element method, a numerical experiment involving a passively damped, as well as prestress accumulation release-controlled, three-layered cantilever beam excited by initial displacements was performed. The effectiveness of the approach was studied for a broad range of internal layer damping parameters. The presented results revealed a high potential of the prestress accumulation release strategy in semi-active damping of vibrations of sandwich-type structures. Keywords: vibration control, sandwich structure, semi-active control, decentralised control, smart structures, constrained layer method Affiliations:
Orłowska A. | - | IPPT PAN | Gałęzia A. | - | Warsaw University of Technology (PL) | Świercz A. | - | IPPT PAN | Jankowski Ł. | - | IPPT PAN |
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Orłowska A., Graczykowski C., Gałęzia A.♦, The effect of prestress force magnitude on the natural bending frequencies of the eccentrically prestressed glass fibre reinforced polymer composite beams,
Journal of Composite Materials, ISSN: 0021-9983, DOI: 10.1177/0021998317740202, Vol.52, No.15, pp.1-14, 2018Abstract: This paper studies the effect of prestress force magnitude on natural frequencies and dynamic behaviour of eccentrically prestressed glass fibre reinforced polymer composite beams, including the theoretical background, numerical results and experimental verification. The term prestress indicates the initial tensile stress applied to the fibres embedded in selected external layers of the composite material. First, the paper presents the theoretical background of the finite element method modelling of prestressed composites. Then, the results of numerical simulations conducted for a five-layered glass-epoxy composite beam are presented. The natural frequencies corresponding to three initial bending modes are analyzed for different prestressing force levels and for different fibre volume content. Finally, the results are verificated by experimental modal analysis conducted on three different glass-epoxy composite specimens of various mechanical parameters. Both the numerical results obtained from finite element method and the experimental results obtained from experimental modal analysis reveal that the first bending frequency increases and the two subsequent bending frequencies decrease due to the prestressing force. The comparison of numerical and experimental data confirms the effect and allows to quantify the influence that the prestress force has on the natural frequencies of composites, which is an interesting and practically relevant phenomenon. Keywords: Prestressed structures, laminated composites, prestressed reinforced composites, glass fibre reinforced polymer composite materials, vibrations, finite element method Affiliations:
Orłowska A. | - | IPPT PAN | Graczykowski C. | - | IPPT PAN | Gałęzia A. | - | Warsaw University of Technology (PL) |
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