abstract: Composite materials are increasingly being used in aircraft, automobiles, and other applications due to their high strength to weight and stiffness to weight ratios. However, the presence of damage, such as delamination or matrix cracks, can significantly compromise the performance of these materials and result in premature failure. Structural components are often manually inspected to detect the presence of damage. This technique, known as schedule based maintenance, however, is expensive, time-consuming, and often limited to easily accessible structural elements. Therefore, there is an increased demand for robust and efficient Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) techniques that can be used for Condition Based Monitoring, which is the method in which structural components are inspected based upon damage metrics as opposed to flight hours. SHM relies on in situ frameworks for detecting early signs of damage in exposed and unexposed structural elements, offering not only reduced number of schedule based inspections, but also providing better useful life estimates. SHM frameworks require the development of different sensing technologies, algorithms, and procedures to detect, localize, quantify, characterize, as well as assess overall damage in aerospace structures so that strong estimations in the remaining useful life can be determined. The use of piezoelectric transducers along with guided Lamb waves is a method that has received considerable attention due to the weight, cost, and function of the systems based on these elements. The research in this thesis investigates the ability of Lamb waves to detect damage in feature dense anisotropic composite panels. Most current research negates the effects of experimental variability by performing tests on structurally simple isotropic plates that are used as a baseline and damaged specimen. However, in actual applications, variability cannot be negated, and therefore there is a need to research the effects of complex sample geometries, environmental operating conditions, and the effects of variability in material properties. This research is based on experiments conducted on a single blade-stiffened anisotropic composite panel that localizes delamination damage caused by impact. The overall goal was to utilize a correlative approach that used only the damage feature produced by the delamination as the damage index. This approach was adopted because it offered a simplistic way to determine the existence and location of damage without having to conduct a more complex wave propagation analysis or having to take into account the geometric complexities of the test specimen. Results showed that even in a complex structure, if the damage feature can be extracted and measured, then an appropriate damage index can be associated to it and the location of the damage can be inferred using a dense sensor array. The second experiment presented in this research studies the effects of temperature on damage detection when using one test specimen for a benchmark data set and another for damage data collection. This expands the previous experiment into exploring not only the effects of variable temperature, but also the effects of high experimental variability. Results from this work show that the damage feature in the data is not only extractable at higher temperatures, but that the data from one panel at one temperature can be directly compared to another panel at another temperature for baseline comparison due to linearity of the collected data. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Aerospace Engineering 2012

Diverses industries telles que l'aéronautique ou la sidérurgie s’intéressent de plus en plus aux ultrasons laser qui sont une technique de pointe utilisée pour le contrôle et l'évaluation non destructifs des matériaux. Cette méthode d’excitation et de détection des ondes ultrasonores présente comme principaux avantages d’être sans contact et adaptée à des échantillons pour lesquels la mise en œuvre de méthodes conventionnelles s'avère difficile notamment lorsqu’ils sont portés à haute température et/ou qu’ils sont de géométrie complexe.Durant cette thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés à la propagation des ondes acoustiques de surface générées par sources lasers et à l’interaction de ces ondes avec différents défauts. Les modèles analytiques de l’interaction onde-défaut étant limités à quelques cas particuliers, l’étude théorique a été menée en privilégiant une modélisation par éléments finisqui a permis d’accéder aux champs de déplacement des ondes engendrées. Les résultats expérimentaux ont d’abord permis de confirmer la pertinence des modèles analytiques et des modélisations par éléments finis. Ils ont ensuite consisté en l’étude de l’interaction onde-défaut pour différentes formes de défauts et différentes sources thermoélastiques.Les résultats de modélisation associés aux résultats expérimentaux ont en particulier mené à une méthode originale de caractérisation basée sur une conversion de mode permettant de déterminer à partir d’un seul A-scan à la fois la position et la profondeur du défaut. Des sources thermoélastiques non conventionnelles ont également été développées et leur potentiel d’applications pour le contrôle non destructif a été mis en évidence. / Industries like aeronautics or iron and steel industry are more and more interested in laser ultrasonics, which is a cutting-edge technique used in non-destructive testing and evaluation. The main advantages of this acoustic wave generation and detection method are its noncontact feature and its ability to characterize high temperature and/or geometrically complex materials for which conventional methods implementation turns out to be difficult.During this thesis, we dealt with the propagation of surface acoustic waves (SAW) generatedby laser sources and their interaction with different flaws. As analytical models describing theinteraction between SAW and flaws are limited to a few special cases, the theoretical study was preferentially led thanks to the finite element method (FEM) that gave the different waves displacement fields. Experimental results first confirmed analytical models and FEM results suitability. Then, they consisted in studying the interaction between SAW and flaws for different flaw shapes and different thermoelastic sources.FEM results combined with experimental results especially led to an original characterizationmethod based on mode conversion giving both the flaw position and depth thanks to a singleA-scan. Unusual thermoelastic sources have also been implemented and their potentialities in non destructive testing and evaluation applications have been highlighted.

[pt] Recentemente, ondas guiadas por ultrassom têm mostrado grande potencial para ensaios não destrutivos e monitoramento de integridade estrutural (SHM) em um cenário de avaliação de danos. As medições obtidas por meio de ondas elásticas são particularmente úteis devido a sua capacidade de se propagarem em diferentes materiais, como meios sólidos e fluidos e, também, a capacidade de abrangerem áreas amplas. Ao possuir suficientes medições oriundas de ondas guiadas, técnicas avançadas baseadas em dados, como aprendizado de máquina, podem ser aplicadas ao problema, tornando o procedimento de avaliação de danos ainda mais poderoso e robusto. Com base nessas circunstâncias, o presente trabalho trata da aplicação de modelos de aprendizado de máquina para fornecer inferências de avaliação de falhas baseadas em informações de ondas guiadas por ultrassom. Dois principais estudos de caso são abordados. Primeiramente, uma placa de polímero reforçado com fibra de carbono (PRFC) é avaliada, utilizando dados da literatura de sinais de onda guiada do tipo Lamb na detecção de defeitos pontuais. Os resultados demonstraram que uma abordagem que utiliza um sinal de referência foi capaz de obter excelentes acurácias ao usar a extração de características baseadas em técnicas de identificação de sistemas. Em um segundo momento, defeitos semelhantes à corrosão em uma placa de alumínio são classificados de acordo com sua gravidade. A metodologia é auxiliada por um esquema de separação de modos em sinais de ondas guiadas do tipo SH pré-adquiridos. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que a adoção da separação de modos pode, de fato, melhorar os resultados do aprendizado de máquina. / [en] Recently ultrasonic guided waves have shown great potential for nondestructive testing and structural health monitoring (SHM) in a damage evaluation scenario. Measurements utilizing elastic waves are particularly useful due to their capability to propagate in different materials such as solid and fluid bounded media, and, also, the ability to cover broad areas. When enough guided waves measurements are available and advanced data-driven techniques such as machine learning can be applied to the problem, the damage evaluation procedure becomes then even more powerful and robust. Based on these circumstances, the present work deals with the application of machine learning models to provide fault evaluation inferences based on ultrasonic guided waves information. Two main case studies are tackled in the mentioned subject. Firstly, a carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) plate is assessed using open data of Lamb guided wave signals in the detection of dot type defects. Results demonstrated that a baseline dependent approach can obtain excellent results when using system identification feature extraction. Secondly, corrosion-like defects in an aluminium plate are classified according to their severity. The methodology is assisted by a mode separation scheme of SH guided waves signals of pre-acquired data. Results have shown that the adoption of mode separation can in fact improve the machine learning results.

L’intégration de l’électronique dans des environnements sévères d’un point de vue électromagnétique a entraîné en contrepartie l’apparition de problèmes de compatibilité électromagnétique (CEM) entre les différents systèmes. Afin d’atteindre un niveau de performance satisfaisant, des tests de sécurité et de certification sont nécessaires. Ces travaux de thèse, réalisés dans le cadre du projet SIMUCEDO (SIMUlation CEM basée sur la norme DO-160), contribuent à la modélisation du test de qualification "Bulk Current Injection" (BCI). Ce test, abordé dans la section 20 dans la norme DO-160 dédiée à l’aéronautique, est désormais obligatoire pour une très grande gamme d’équipements aéronautiques. Parmi les essais de qualification, le test BCI est l’un des plus contraignants et consommateurs du temps. Sa modélisation assure un gain de temps, et une meilleure maîtrise des paramètres qui influencent le passage des tests CEM. La modélisation du test a été décomposée en deux parties : l’équipement sous test (EST) d’une part, et la pince d’injection avec les câbles d’autre part. Dans cette thèse, seul l’EST est pris en compte. Une modélisation "boîte grise" a été proposée en associant un modèle "boîte noire" avec un modèle "extensif". Le modèle boîte noire s’appuie sur la mesure des impédances standards. Son identification se fait avec un modèle en pi. Le modèle extensif permet d’étudier plusieurs configurations de l’EST en ajustant les paramètres physiques. L’assemblage des deux modèles en un modèle boîte grise a été validé sur un convertisseur analogique-numérique (CAN). Une autre approche dénommée approche modale en fonction du mode commun (MC) et du mode différentiel (MD) a été proposée. Elle se base sur les impédances modales du système sous test. Des PCB spécifiques ont été conçus pour valider les équations développées. Une investigation est menée pour définir rigoureusement les impédances modales. Nous avons démontré qu’il y a une divergence entre deux définitions de l’impédance de MC dans la littérature. Ainsi, la conversion de mode (ou rapport Longitudinal Conversion Loss : LCL) a été quantifiée grâce à ces équations. Pour finir, le modèle a été étendu à N-entrées pour représenter un EST de complexité industrielle. Le modèle de l’EST est ensuite associé avec celui de la pince et des câbles travaux réalisés au G2ELAB. Des mesures expérimentales ont été faites pour valider le modèle complet. D’après ces mesures, le courant de MC est impacté par la mise en œuvre des câbles ainsi que celle de l’EST. Il a été montré que la connexion du blindage au plan de masse est le paramètre le plus impactant sur la distribution du courant de MC. / Electronic equipments intended to be integrated in aircrafts are subjected to normative requirements. EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) qualification tests became one of the mandatory requirements. This PhD thesis, carried out within the framework of the SIMUCEDO project (SIMulation CEM based on the DO-160 standard), contributes to the modeling of the Bulk Current Injection (BCI) qualification test. Concept, detailed in section 20 in the DO-160 standard, is to generate a noise current via cables using probe injection, then monitor EUT satisfactorily during test. Among the qualification tests, the BCI test is one of the most constraining and time consuming. Thus, its modeling ensures a saving of time, and a better control of the parameters which influence the success of the equipment under test. The modeling of the test was split in two parts : the equipment under test (EUT) on one hand, and the injection probe with the cables on the other hand. This thesis focuses on the EUT modeling. A "gray box" modeling was proposed by associating the "black box" model with the "extensive" model. The gray box is based on the measurement of standard impedances. Its identification is done with a "pi" model. The model, having the advantage of taking into account several configurations of the EUT, has been validated on an analog to digital converter (ADC). Another approach called modal, in function of common mode and differential mode, has been proposed. It takes into account the mode conversion when the EUT is asymmetrical. Specific PCBs were designed to validate the developed equations. An investigation was carried out to rigorously define the modal impedances, in particular the common mode (CM) impedance. We have shown that there is a discrepancy between two definitions of CM impedance in the literature. Furthermore, the mode conversion ratio (or the Longitudinal Conversion Loss : LCL) was quantified using analytical equations based on the modal approach. An N-input model has been extended to include industrial complexity. The EUT model is combined with the clamp and the cables model (made by the G2ELAB laboratory). Experimental measurements have been made to validate the combined model. According to these measurements, the CM current is influenced by the setup of the cables as well as the EUT. It has been shown that the connection of the shield to the ground plane is the most influent parameter on the CM current distribution.

<p>This thesis treats interaction between electromagnetic waves and localized plasma oscillations. Two specific physical systems are considered, namely artificially excited magnetic field-aligned irregularities (striations) and naturally excited lower hybrid solitary structures (LHSS). Striations are mainly density depletions of a few percent that are observed when a powerful electromagnetic wave, a pump wave, is launched into the ionosphere. The striations are formed by upper hybrid (UH) oscillations that are localized in the depletion where they are generated by the linear conversion of the pump field on the density gradients. However, the localization is not complete as the UH oscillation can convert to a propagating electromagnetic Z mode wave. This process, termed Z mode leakage, causes damping of the localized UH oscillation. The Z mode leakage is investigated and the theory predicts non-Lorentzian skewed shapes of the resonances for the emitted Z mode radiation. Further, the interaction between individual striations facilitated by the Z mode leakage is investigated. The LHSS are observed by spacecraft in the ionosphere and magnetosphere as localized waves in the lower hybrid (LH) frequency range that coincides with density cavities. The localized waves are immersed in non-localized wave activity. The excitation of localized waves with frequencies below LH frequency is modelled by scattering of electromagnetic magnetosonic (MS) waves off a preexisting density cavity. It is shown analytically that an incident MS wave with frequency less than the minimum LH frequency inside the cavity is focused to localized waves with left-handed rotating wave front. In addition, the theory is shown to be consistent with observations by the Freja satellite. For frequencies between the minimum LH frequency inside the cavity and the ambient LH frequency, the MS wave is instead mode converted and excites pressure driven LH oscillations. This process is studied in a simplified geometry.</p>

This thesis treats interaction between electromagnetic waves and localized plasma oscillations. Two specific physical systems are considered, namely artificially excited magnetic field-aligned irregularities (striations) and naturally excited lower hybrid solitary structures (LHSS). Striations are mainly density depletions of a few percent that are observed when a powerful electromagnetic wave, a pump wave, is launched into the ionosphere. The striations are formed by upper hybrid (UH) oscillations that are localized in the depletion where they are generated by the linear conversion of the pump field on the density gradients. However, the localization is not complete as the UH oscillation can convert to a propagating electromagnetic Z mode wave. This process, termed Z mode leakage, causes damping of the localized UH oscillation. The Z mode leakage is investigated and the theory predicts non-Lorentzian skewed shapes of the resonances for the emitted Z mode radiation. Further, the interaction between individual striations facilitated by the Z mode leakage is investigated. The LHSS are observed by spacecraft in the ionosphere and magnetosphere as localized waves in the lower hybrid (LH) frequency range that coincides with density cavities. The localized waves are immersed in non-localized wave activity. The excitation of localized waves with frequencies below LH frequency is modelled by scattering of electromagnetic magnetosonic (MS) waves off a preexisting density cavity. It is shown analytically that an incident MS wave with frequency less than the minimum LH frequency inside the cavity is focused to localized waves with left-handed rotating wave front. In addition, the theory is shown to be consistent with observations by the Freja satellite. For frequencies between the minimum LH frequency inside the cavity and the ambient LH frequency, the MS wave is instead mode converted and excites pressure driven LH oscillations. This process is studied in a simplified geometry.

Avec l’avènement du laser femtoseconde il est devenu possible de mesurer comment la démagnétisation femtoseconde peut permettre de sonder l’interaction d’échange dans les métaux ferromagnétiques. La démagnétisation induite par laser d’un matériau avec un fort couplage magnéto-élastique amène à la relaxation des contraintes mécaniques, générant ainsi des ondes acoustiques longitudinales (L) et transversales (T). Dans ce travail de thèse, la génération d’impulsions acoustiques picosecondes T par le mécanisme de démagnétostriction dans des matériaux fortement magnétostrictifs est traitée analytiquement et montrée expérimentalement dans le cas d’un alliage de Terfenol. En premier lieu, nous avons développé un modèle phénoménologique de magnétostriction directe dans un film monocristallin de Terfenol. Les expériences pompe-sonde linéaire MOKE résolues en temps montrent que la relaxation transitoire des contraintes magnéto-élastiques du film amène à l’excitation d’ondes GHz acoustiques L at T. Ces résultats sont la première observation expérimentale de l’excitation d’ondes acoustiques transversales picoseconde par mécanisme de démagnétostriction induit par laser. En second lieu, nous avons analysé le processus d’interaction d’ondes acoustiques L avec l’aimantation d’un film mince de Terfenol. L’onde acoustique picoseconde produit un changement de magnétisation du film et induit la conversion de modes acoustiques. C’est une autre voie de génération d’ondes acoustiques T que nous avons mis en évidence. La gamme de fréquence des impulsions générées est liée à l’échelle de temps de démagnétisation, qui corresponds à quelques centaines de GHz - 1 THz. / With the advent of femtosecond lasers it became possible to measure how femtosecond optical demagnetization can probe the exchange interaction in ferromagnetic metals. Laser-induced demagnetization of materials with strong magneto-elastic coupling should lead to the release of its build-in strains, thus to the generation of both longitudinal (L) and shear (S) acoustic waves. In this thesis, generation of shear picosecond acoustic pulses in strongly magnetostrictive materials such as Terfenol is processed analytically and shown experimentally. In case of Terfenol with strong magneto-crystalline anisotropy, laser induced demagnetostriction is responsible for S excitation. First, the phenomenological model of direct magnetostriction in a Terfenol monocrystalline film is developed. The shear strain generation efficiency strongly depends on the orientation of the film magnetization. Time-resolved linear MOKE pump-probe experiments show that transient laser-induced release of the magnetoelastic strains lead to the excitation of GHz L and S acoustic waves. These results are the first experimental observation of picosecond shear acoustic wave excitation by laser-induced demagnetostriction mechanism. Second, the interaction of an optically generated L acoustic pulse with the magnetization of a Terfenol thin film is reported. Arrival of the picosecond strain wave alters a change of its magnetization and leads to acoustic mode conversion, which is another pathway of shear acoustic wave generation. The frequency bandwidth of the generated acoustic pulses matches the demagnetization timescale and lies in the range of several hundreds of GHz, close to 1 THz.

Les isolateurs optiques sont des composants non-réciproques très important dans les systèmes de télécommunication optique. Actuellement les composants commercialisés sont tous discrets, à cause de la difficulté d’intégration des matériaux magnéto-optiques avec les technologies de l’optique intégrée. L’objectif de ma thèse était d’ouvrir une nouvelle voie technologique pour aboutir à une telle intégration. Pour cela nous avons développé une approche basée sur l’utilisation d’un matériau magnéto-optique composite complètement compatible avec la technologie d’échange d’ions sur verre. Ce matériau est élaboré par la voie sol-gel organique-inorganique et dopé par des nanoparticules magnétiques de ferrite de Cobalt (CoFe204). Il a montré des potentialités très prometteuses, illustré par une rotation Faraday spécifique de 420°/cm (@1550nm). Ce composite est déposé par la méthode dip-coating sur un guide fait par échange ionique d’Ar+/Na+, avec des extrémités enterrées par la méthode d’enterrage sélective pour faciliter le couplage-découplage de la lumière dans la structure hybride. Enfin, un traitement thermique (<100°C) et un traitement UV compatibles avec le procédé d’échange d’ions sur verre sont appliqués sur le dispositif pour finaliser la couche magnéto-optique. La caractérisation optique de notre dispositif a montré une bonne distribution de la lumière entre la couche magnéto-optique et le guide fait par échange d’ions (un bon confinement latéral). De plus, l’application d’un champ magnétique longitudinal au composant a permis de démontrer une valeur de conversion de mode TE-TM qui correspond bien à la quantité de la lumière confinée dans la couche magnéto-optique et la biréfringence modale de la structure. Donc, le but principal de la thèse est atteint, et ces résultats montrent la faisabilité d’un convertisseur de mode TE-TM compatible avec la technologie d’optique intégrée sur verre / Optical isolators are essential nonreciprocal devices used in optical communication systems. Currently, these components are commercially available but only in bulk form, due to the difficulties to embed magneto-optical materials with integrated classical technologies. To overcome this problem, our group has developed a new approach based on composite magneto-optical matrix that is fully compatible with ion-exchanged glass waveguide technology. This material is developed by organic inorganic sol-gel process and doped by magnetic nanoparticles (CoFe2O4). Such a magneto-optical composite matrix has shown promising potentialities illustrated by a specific Faraday rotation of 420°/cm (@1550nm). Using dip-coating technique, a composite layer was coated on a glass substrate containing straight channel waveguide made by a silver/sodium ion exchange. The extremities of the guides were previously buried using selective buried method in order to facilitate coupling-decoupling of light in hybrid structure. Last, a soft annealing (<100°C) and UV treatment, both compatible with the ion-exchanged process, have been implemented to finalize the magneto-optical film. Optical characterization demonstrated a good distribution of light between the magneto-optical thin film and the ion-exchanged waveguide (good lateral confinement). Furthermore TE to TM mode conversion has been observed when a longitudinal magnetic field is applied to the device. The amount of this conversion is in good agreement with the distribution of light between the layer and the guide obtained by numerical calculations, and the modal birefringence of the structure. So, the aim of my thesis is achieved and the results demonstrate the feasibility of TE to TM mode converter fully compatible with glass integrated optics