For successful identification of structural defects in plates and pipes, it is essential to understand structural wave propagation characteristics such as dispersion relations. Analytical approaches to identify the dispersion relations of homogeneous, simple plates and circular pipes have been investigated by many researchers. However, for plates or pipes with irregular cross-sectional configurations or multi-layered composite structures, it is almost impossible to obtain the analytical dispersion relations and associated mode shapes. In addition, full numerical modeling approaches such as finite element (FE) methods are not economically feasible for high (e.g., ultrasonic) frequency analyses where an extremely large number of discretized meshes are required, resulting in significantly expensive computation. In order to address these limitations, Hybrid Analytical/Finite Element Methods (HAFEMs) are developed to model composite plates and pipes in a computationally-efficient manner. When a pipe system is used to transport a fluid, the dispersion curves obtained from a “hollow” pipe model can mislead non-destructive evaluation (NDE) results of the pipe system. In this study, the HAFEM procedure with solid elements is extended by developing fluid elements and solid-fluid boundary conditions, resulting in the dispersion curves of fluid-filled pipes. In addition, a HAFEM-based acoustic transfer function approach is suggested to consider a long pipe system assembled with multiple pipe sections with different cross-sections. For the validation of the proposed methods, experimental and full FE modeling results are compared to the results obtained from the HAFEM models. In order to detect structural defect locations in shell structures from defect-induced, subtle wave reflection signals and eliminate direct-excitation-induced and boundary-reflected, relatively-strong wave signals, a time-frequency MUSIC algorithm is applied to ultrasonic wave data measured by using an array of piezoelectric transducers. A normalized, structurally-damped, cylindrical 2-D steering vector is proposed to increase the spatial resolution of time-frequency MUSIC power results. A cross-shaped array is selected over a circular or linear array to further improve the spatial resolution and to avoid the mirrored virtual image effects of a linear array. Here, it is experimentally demonstrated that the proposed time-frequency MUSIC beamforming procedure can be used to identify structural defect locations on an aluminum plate by distinguishing the defect-induced waves from both the excitation-generated and boundary-reflected waves.

Orientador: Antonio Ludovico Beraldo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agricola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T06:15:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Espelho_JeanClaudioChiozzini_M.pdf: 5138907 bytes, checksum: 875754541cac182e91f3c878f2be3883 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: O bambu é uma matéria-prima com múltiplas aplicações, principalmente no setor da construção. Seu desenvolvimento e seu desempenho mecânico são obtidos após um curto intervalo de tempo, quando comparado com as árvores. O bambu é um material renovável e encontrado em abundância em regiões tropicais e subtropicais, nas quais é considerado um material de baixo custo. No entanto, a maior parte das espécies de bambu é altamente susceptível ao ataque de fungos e insetos. Basicamente, pode-se aumentar a durabilidade dos colmos de bambu de duas maneiras, representadas por procedimentos culturais (naturais) e pelo tratamento dos colmos com produtos químicos. Dentre os diversos métodos que visam aumentar a durabilidade do bambu destaca-se o ¿Método de Boucherie Modificado¿. Neste trabalho testou-se a eficiência da aplicação do Método de Boucherie Modificado, comparando o aumento na durabilidade das amostras tratadas (taliscas de bambu) com amostras não tratadas ou testemunhas. Para tal, foram avaliados os efeitos de algumas variáveis como: posição da amostra no colmo, tipos de preservativo e sua concentração, duração do tratamento e tempo de exposição das taliscas em dois ambientes (protegido e exposto). Foram realizados ensaios não destrutivos - END (visual, pesagem das amostras e de ultra-som) e destrutivo (flexão estática). Também foram efetuadas análises químicas (concentração dos elementos químicos nas soluções e seu teor nas regiões do colmo) e de rastreabilidade dos elementos químicos por microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV). Os resultados obtidos permitiram verificar a falta de uniformidade da distribuição dos elementos químicos ao longo dos constituintes anatômicos do bambu, ocorrendo a deposição dos mesmos basicamente nos vasos. Verificou-se, igualmente, a ineficiência do uso de soluções com baixa concentração, principalmente quando foram combinadas com tratamentos de curta duração. Os ensaios de ultra-som e de flexão estática foram suficientemente sensíveis para detectar a melhor combinação do efeito dos parâmetros avaliados / Abstract: Bamboo is a raw material with several possibilities of applications, mainly for building purposes. Its development and its mechanical performance are obtained after a short interval of growing when compared with trees. Bamboo is renewable raw material and it is available in tropical and subtropical regions, where it is considered as a cheap material. Nevertheless, the most of bamboo species is highly decayed by insects and fungi attacks. Basically the bamboo culm protection can be obtained by means of a two treatment types: natural protection and chemical protection. In this last category one of the most employed is the Boucherie Modified Method. In this work it was evaluated the performance of a Boucherie Modified Method, comparing treated bamboo samples (bamboo splits) with no treated samples (control). It was evaluated the effect of the sample position in the culm, chemical solution type and its concentration, treatment elongation and the exposition period in two environment (protected and no protected). Non destructive evaluation - NDE (visual, weight control and ultrasound) and flexure test were applied to the specimens along the time. Also chemical analysis (chemical element concentration in the solution and its amount in the bamboo regions) and the traceability of these chemical elements by means a scanning electronic microscope (SEM) were employed. Results obtained showed a lack of uniformity of the distribution of the chemical elements across the bamboo anatomical constituents, occurring the salt deposition mainly in the vessel with a greater diameter. Smaller concentration solutions, mainly when they were combined with smaller treatment time, were not effective to protect bamboo against decay. Results obtained by ultrasound and flexure test were sensitive enough to detect the best combination of the effect of the parameters evaluated. / Mestrado / Construções Rurais e Ambiencia / Mestre em Engenharia Engenharia Agrícola

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La thermographie infrarouge est une méthode largement employée pour la caractérisation des propriétés thermophysiques des matériaux. L’avènement des diodes laser pratiques, peu onéreuses et aux multiples caractéristiques, étendent les possibilités métrologiques des caméras infrarouges et mettent à disposition un ensemble de nouveaux outils puissants pour la caractérisation thermique et le contrôle non desturctif. Cependant, un lot de nouvelles difficultés doit être surmonté, comme le traitement d’une grande quantité de données bruitées et la faible sensibilité de ces données aux paramètres recherchés. Cela oblige de revisiter les méthodes de traitement du signal existantes, d’adopter de nouveaux outils mathématiques sophistiqués pour la compression de données et le traitement d’informations pertinentes. Les nouvelles stratégies consistent à utiliser des transformations orthogonales du signal comme outils de compression préalable de données, de réduction et maîtrise du bruit de mesure. L’analyse de sensibilité, basée sur l’étude locale des corrélations entre les dérivées partielles du signal expérimental, complète ces nouvelles approches. L'analogie avec la théorie dans l'espace de Fourier a permis d'apporter de nouveaux éléments de réponse pour mieux cerner la «physique» des approches modales.La réponse au point source impulsionnel a été revisitée de manière numérique et expérimentale. En utilisant la séparabilité des champs de température nous avons proposé une nouvelle méthode d'inversion basée sur une double décomposition en valeurs singulières du signal expérimental. Cette méthode par rapport aux précédentes, permet de tenir compte de la diffusion bi ou tridimensionnelle et offre ainsi une meilleure exploitation du contenu spatial des images infrarouges. Des exemples numériques et expérimentaux nous ont permis de valider dans une première approche cette nouvelle méthode d'estimation pour la caractérisation de diffusivités thermiques longitudinales. Des applications dans le domaine du contrôle non destructif des matériaux sont également proposées. Une ancienne problématique qui consiste à retrouver les champs de température initiaux à partir de données bruitées a été abordée sous un nouveau jour. La nécessité de connaitre les diffusivités thermiques du matériau orthotrope et la prise en compte des transferts souvent tridimensionnels sont complexes à gérer. L'application de la double décomposition en valeurs singulières a permis d'obtenir des résultats intéressants compte tenu de la simplicité de la méthode. En effet, les méthodes modales sont basées sur des approches statistiques de traitement d'une grande quantité de données, censément plus robustes quant au bruit de mesure, comme cela a pu être observé. / Infrared thermography is a widely used method for characterization of thermophysical properties of materials. The advent of the laser diodes, which are handy, inexpensive, with a broad spectrum of characteristics, extend metrological possibilities of infrared cameras and provide a combination of new powerful tools for thermal characterization and non destructive evaluation. However, this new dynamic has also brought numerous difficulties that must be overcome, such as high volume noisy data processing and low sensitivity to estimated parameters of such data. This requires revisiting the existing methods of signal processing, adopting new sophisticated mathematical tools for data compression and processing of relevant information.New strategies consist in using orthogonal transforms of the signal as a prior data compression tools, which allow noise reduction and control over it. Correlation analysis, based on the local cerrelation study between partial derivatives of the experimental signal, completes these new strategies. A theoretical analogy in Fourier space has been performed in order to better understand the «physical» meaning of modal approaches.The response to the instantaneous point source of heat, has been revisited both numerically and experimentally. By using separable temperature fields, a new inversion technique based on a double singular value decomposition of experimental signal has been introduced. In comparison with previous methods, it takes into account two or three-dimensional heat diffusion and therefore offers a better exploitation of the spatial content of infrared images. Numerical and experimental examples have allowed us to validate in the first approach our new estimation method of longitudinal thermal diffusivities. Non destructive testing applications based on the new technique have also been introduced.An old issue, which consists in determining the initial temperature field from noisy data, has been approached in a new light. The necessity to know the thermal diffusivities of an orthotropic medium and the need to take into account often three-dimensional heat transfer, are complicated issues. The implementation of the double singular value decomposition allowed us to achieve interesting results according to its ease of use. Indeed, modal approaches are statistical methods based on high volume data processing, supposedly robust as to the measurement noise.