A guided wave dispersion compensation method based on compressed sensing

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Abstract

The ultrasonic guided wave has emerged as a promising tool for structural health monitoring (SHM) and nondestructive testing (NDT) due to their capability to propagate over long distances with minimal loss and sensitivity to both surface and subsurface defects. The dispersion effect degrades the temporal and spatial resolution of guided waves. A novel ultrasonic guided wave processing method for both single mode and multi-mode guided waves dispersion compensation is proposed in this work based on compressed sensing, in which a dispersion signal dictionary is built by utilizing the dispersion curves of the guided wave modes in order to sparsely decompose the recorded dispersive guided waves. Dispersion-compensated guided waves are obtained by utilizing a non-dispersion signal dictionary and the results of sparse decomposition. Numerical simulations and experiments are implemented to verify the effectiveness of the developed method for both single mode and multi-mode guided waves.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89-104
Number of pages16
JournalMechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Volume103
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Mar 2018

Keywords

  • Compressed sensing
  • Dispersion compensation
  • Guided wave
  • Sparse representation
  • Structural health monitoring

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