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Adhesive Single-Lap Joints Evaluation Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves

Version 1 : Received: 7 May 2023 / Approved: 9 May 2023 / Online: 9 May 2023 (04:06:46 CEST)

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Santos, M.; Santos, J. Adhesive Single-Lap Joint Evaluation Using Ultrasound Guided Waves. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 6523. Santos, M.; Santos, J. Adhesive Single-Lap Joint Evaluation Using Ultrasound Guided Waves. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 6523.

Abstract

This work deals with the evaluation of adhesive single-lap joints using ultrasonic guided waves. An adhesive bonded lap joint can be modelled as a three-layer system made up of two adherents and an adhesive. The propagation of guided waves in the joint is developed from matrix formulations. The behavior of the different guided wave modes that propagate in the bonded region is characterized and it is found that their relative amplitudes can be estimated based on the properties of the incoming wave that propagates in the non-bonded region. It was verified that the excitation of these modes is ruled by the degree in which the shapes of both modes match each other. A 3D simulation of two aluminium bonded plates using 500 kHz ultrasonic transducers in a pitch and catch configuration was implemented using the Matlab k-Wave toolbox. Scattering effects due to some produced defects located in the bond line of the lap joints were simulated. Experimental setup with some artificial defects produced in the aluminum joints were used in order to compare with the simulated. Qualitative agreement was observed for the two approaches. The observed deviation can be due to the different characteristics of the experimental and simulated defects.

Keywords

guided waves; ultrasounds; adhesive lap joints; simulation

Subject

Engineering, Other

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