Lamb Wave-Based Structural Health Monitoring on Composite Bolted Joints under Tensile Load

Abstract

Online and offline monitoring of composite bolted joints under tensile load were investigated using piezoelectric transducers. The relationships between Lamb wave signals, pre-tightening force, the applied tensile load, as well as the failure modes were investigated. Results indicated that <i>S0</i>/<i>A0</i> wave amplitudes decrease with the increasing of load. Relationships between damage features and <i>S0</i>/<i>A0</i> mode were built based on the finite element (FE) simulation and experimental results. The possibility of application of Lamb wave-based structure health monitoring in bolted joint-like composite structures was thus achieved.