Wave Propagation Simulation in Abaqus PPT 123
Wave Propagation Simulation in Abaqus PPT 123
Wave Propagation Simulation in Abaqus PPT 123
Abaqus
Lamb Wave Analysis using ABAQUS
Elastic Wave
Plate Geometry
Material STS321
Min wavelength =
15 mm
* therefore, typical min element size would be
1.5~3 mm
Lamb Wave Analysis using ABAQUS
Determining step size
· If you want make lower
• adequate integration time step is important for accuracy. frequency which can
travel longer, it needs
• typically 20 points / cycle of the highest frequency results is reasonable. high magnitude to avoid
elastic wave
• Deciding time step needs two criteria 1] Courant, Fredrichs, Lewy criterion
attenuation. If media is
2] Moser criterion embedded in soil, the
various materials in soil
which contacted
to steel sheet could
interfere the wave
propagation, resulted in
more signal attenuation.
Select 10kHz excitation for following Therefore, frequency
Analysis - element size is around 10mm
and magnitude for
- increment step size is 1e-6 sec* Too small element size give an error
excitation signal needs to
be carefully considered.
Lamb Wave Analysis using ABAQUS
• SHM system involving Lamb wave can be differentiated into two type, Passive/Active system
• In Active system, Lamb wave are excited into structures using actuators and then sensed back by sensors with
damage information
* exciter: Ultrasonic transducers, Laser Transducers, Piezoelectric transducers, Optical fiber trd
Lamb Wave Analysis using ABAQUS
• Thus, Numerical simulation is one of the best way to understand Lamb wave behaviour.
Future Work
• Collect Data on for different Frequencies and Different Form of Defects like for
different point loads applied, different locations, etc.
• Use Machine Learning methods to train collected Data to make prediction for
Structural health.