1. Introduction
CFRP exhibits a range of significant advantages, such as high specific strength, high specific stiffness, excellent design flexibility, outstanding damping performance, and prolonged fatigue life [
1,
2]. As a result, they are extensively employed in sectors like aerospace, military equipment, marine, and automotive industries [
3,
4,
5,
6]. In the manufacturing process of aerospace equipment, more than 50% of the components are made of CFRP. For instance, in the overall structure of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the proportion of CFRP used is as high as 57%, thereby achieving a fuel savings of 15-20% [
7]. 53 % of the total volume of Airbus 350 WXB aircraft is made of CFRP, which reduces the aircraft's weight, thereby fuel consumption has been cut by nearly 25% [
8]. In the field of aero-engines, the fan box and blades of the compressor cooler system of GE Aviation's GEnx series engines are made of CFRP, which not only reduces the weight of the fuselage by 180 kg but also reduces emissions by 15% and operating costs by 20% [
9]. At the same time, CFRP also plays a vital role in component manufacturing for military equipment such as helmets, body armor, combat shields, and armored vehicles [
10,
11].
CFRP exhibits orthotropic properties, which make its failure modes potentially more complex and hidden than those of isotropic materials [
12,
13,
14,
15], such as matrix cracking, fiber breakage, and delamination [
16], during production and service. Delamination is the most common and harmful failure mode [
17,
18]. The internal cause of delamination is the low transverse tensile strength and interlaminar shear strength of CFRP laminates [
19], while the external cause is damage such as drilling [
20,
21,
22] and impact [
23]. In addition, fatigue further causes delamination expansion [
24,
25]. The occurrence and expansion of delamination significantly reduce the structure's stiffness, strength, and load-carrying capacity, resulting in a substantial reduction in the buckling load and compressive strength of CFRP laminates, which may ultimately cause catastrophic failure of CFRP structures [
26]. However, delamination usually occurs inside CFRP structures and is hidden, which makes it challenging to detect delamination damage. Developing effective delamination detection techniques for CFRP structures is crucial for ensuring the safe and reliable realization of CFRP in various practical applications. Furthermore, CFRP is fabricated into various structural types to meet diverse engineering application needs, such as tubes [
27], rods [
28], beams [
29], winglets [
30], and bending structures [
31]. As a relatively simple CFRP structure, bending components are widely used in aircraft, spacecraft, and ships [
32,
33]. Due to the characteristics of the CFRP bending structure, stress concentration is easy to occur at the bending areas, resulting in the emergence of delamination damage, which seriously affects the structure's safety.
As an active method for structural damage detection and health monitoring, Lamb waves possess advantages such as long propagation distance, low cost, and high sensitivity to delamination damage. It has emerged as one of the primary methods in the engineering detection field [
34] and is extensively applied in CFRP material structural damage detection [
35]. Scattering and reflection phenomena will occur when Lamb waves encounter delamination damage in CFRP [
36,
37]. Simultaneously, Lamb waves will be divided into two parts, which will propagate independently in the upper and lower sub-layers of the delamination area, and undergo modal transformation at the edge of the delamination [
38,
39]. Based on this property of the Lamb waves, delamination damage detection can be achieved. However, due to the dispersion characteristics of Lamb waves, their propagation process in CFRP becomes extremely complex. Each mode of Lamb waves propagates at varying velocities across different frequencies, which leads to deformation and amplitude reduction during the propagation of Lamb waves in CFRP, bringing potential challenges to the application of Lamb waves in engineering detection. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct research on the damage detection of CFRP structures based on Lamb waves.
Some scholars have utilized experimental methods, employing PZT as a transducer, to investigate the capability of Lamb waves in detecting delamination damage in CFRP laminated plates, and have accomplished the detection and localization of delamination damage [
40,
41]. Xiang Zhao et al. [
42] compared and analyzed the effects of several tomography techniques, including filtered back-projection algorithm, algebraic reconstruction algorithm, and reconstruction algorithm for probabilistic inspection of damage, on composite material damage Lamb wave imaging. Liping Huang et al. [
43] utilized the time reversibility of Lamb waves to propose an improved time reversal method for accurately locating impact damage in composite plates. Songlai Wang compared the influence of different patterns of PZT sensors, such as circular, square, and parallel arrays, on reconstruction image qualities of damage localization [
44]. Jiahui Guo et al. [
45] integrated probabilistic imaging algorithms and statistical methods to reduce the impact of composite anisotropy on the accuracy of damage detection. The matching pursuit decomposition algorithm was used to extract the accurate Lamb wave time of flight (ToF) for damage detection. The proposed algorithm can locate and quantify the damage of composite plates. The proposed algorithm can locate and quantify composite plate damage. Haode Huo [
46] integrated the elliptical trajectory method and reconstruction algorithm for probabilistic inspection of defects in the Bayesian framework. This method combines multiple damage-sensitive features, and numerical and experimental studies have been conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method for locating composite plate damage using Lamb waves. The proposed method produces more accurate and reliable results.
Based on the ORAPID algorithm, this study proposes an IRAPID algorithm. The Lamb wave detection experiment was carried out on CFRP bending plates with Φ20 mm and Φ40 mm delamination damage using PZT as the transducer. The influence of the excitation signal frequency on the proposed method’s performance was discussed. Under the condition of excitation signal frequency of 220 ~ 320 kHz and step size of 10 kHz, the accuracy of the delamination damage localization method proposed in this paper was compared with that of existing DaS and ORAPID methods. The research results indicate that the method for delamination damage localization proposed in this paper exhibits good stability and accuracy.
Figure 1.
Imaging trajectory.
Figure 1.
Imaging trajectory.
Figure 2.
Lamb wave signal: (a) baseline signal; (b) damage signal; (c) scattered wave signal; (d) CWTC.
Figure 2.
Lamb wave signal: (a) baseline signal; (b) damage signal; (c) scattered wave signal; (d) CWTC.
Figure 3.
The ellipse distribution diagram of the ORAPID algorithm.
Figure 3.
The ellipse distribution diagram of the ORAPID algorithm.
Figure 4.
Aluminum molds.
Figure 4.
Aluminum molds.
Figure 5.
CFRP bending plate geometric dimension and PZT configuration.
Figure 5.
CFRP bending plate geometric dimension and PZT configuration.
Figure 6.
The experimental system.
Figure 6.
The experimental system.
Figure 7.
The baseline signal and its CWT of the P1−P2 path at a frequency of 220 kHz: (a) baseline signal; (b) the CWT of baseline signal and excitation signal.
Figure 7.
The baseline signal and its CWT of the P1−P2 path at a frequency of 220 kHz: (a) baseline signal; (b) the CWT of baseline signal and excitation signal.
Figure 8.
The Lamb wave signals at various frequencies of the P1-P2 path: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 8.
The Lamb wave signals at various frequencies of the P1-P2 path: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 9.
The Lamb wave signal of different paths under a frequency of 320 kHz: (a) P2−P3 path; (b) P2−P4 path.
Figure 9.
The Lamb wave signal of different paths under a frequency of 320 kHz: (a) P2−P3 path; (b) P2−P4 path.
Figure 10.
The scattered wave signals of Φ20 mm delamination damage under the P1-P2 path: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 10.
The scattered wave signals of Φ20 mm delamination damage under the P1-P2 path: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 11.
The CWTC of Φ20 mm delamination damage under the P1-P2 path: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 11.
The CWTC of Φ20 mm delamination damage under the P1-P2 path: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 12.
The scattered wave signals of Φ20 mm delamination damage under the frequency of 320 kHz: (a) P2−P3 path; (b) P2−P4 path.
Figure 12.
The scattered wave signals of Φ20 mm delamination damage under the frequency of 320 kHz: (a) P2−P3 path; (b) P2−P4 path.
Figure 13.
The CWTC of Φ20 mm delamination damage under the frequency of 320 kHz: (a) P2−P3 path; (b) P2−P4 path.
Figure 13.
The CWTC of Φ20 mm delamination damage under the frequency of 320 kHz: (a) P2−P3 path; (b) P2−P4 path.
Figure 14.
The scattered wave signals of Φ40 mm delamination damage under the P1-P2 path: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 14.
The scattered wave signals of Φ40 mm delamination damage under the P1-P2 path: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 15.
The CWTC of Φ40 mm delamination damage under the P1-P2 path: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 15.
The CWTC of Φ40 mm delamination damage under the P1-P2 path: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 16.
The scattered wave signals of Φ40 mm delamination damage under the frequency of 320 kHz: (a) P2−P3 path; (b) P2−P4 path.
Figure 16.
The scattered wave signals of Φ40 mm delamination damage under the frequency of 320 kHz: (a) P2−P3 path; (b) P2−P4 path.
Figure 17.
The CWTC of Φ40 mm delamination damage under the frequency of 320 kHz: (a) P2−P3 path; (b) P2−P4 path.
Figure 17.
The CWTC of Φ40 mm delamination damage under the frequency of 320 kHz: (a) P2−P3 path; (b) P2−P4 path.
Figure 18.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 18.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 19.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 19.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 20.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 20.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 21.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 21.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 22.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 22.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 23.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 23.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the DaS algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 24.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 24.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 25.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 25.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 26.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 26.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 27.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 27.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 28.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 28.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 29.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 29.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the ORAPID algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 30.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 30.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 31.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 31.
The localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 32.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 32.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 33.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 33.
The localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm under a threshold setting: (a) 220 kHz; (b) 270 kHz; (c) 320 kHz.
Figure 34.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 34.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ20 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 35.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 35.
The frequency-averaged localization imaging results of the Φ40 mm delamination damage by the IRAPID algorithm: (a) frequency-averaged localization imaging results; (b) frequency-averaged localization imaging results with a threshold.
Figure 36.
Φ20 mm delamination damage localization results: (a) X-axis localization results; (b) Y-axis localization results (the red horizontal line represents the real delamination damage localization).
Figure 36.
Φ20 mm delamination damage localization results: (a) X-axis localization results; (b) Y-axis localization results (the red horizontal line represents the real delamination damage localization).
Figure 37.
Φ40 mm delamination damage localization results: (a) X-axis localization results; (b) Y-axis localization results (the red horizontal line represents the real delamination damage localization).
Figure 37.
Φ40 mm delamination damage localization results: (a) X-axis localization results; (b) Y-axis localization results (the red horizontal line represents the real delamination damage localization).
Figure 38.
Φ20 mm delamination damage localization errors: (a) X-axis localization errors; (b) Y-axis localization errors (the red horizontal line represents the baseline of delamination damage localization error).
Figure 38.
Φ20 mm delamination damage localization errors: (a) X-axis localization errors; (b) Y-axis localization errors (the red horizontal line represents the baseline of delamination damage localization error).
Figure 39.
Φ40 mm delamination damage localization errors: (a) X-axis localization errors; (b) Y-axis localization errors (the red horizontal line represents the baseline of delamination damage localization error).
Figure 39.
Φ40 mm delamination damage localization errors: (a) X-axis localization errors; (b) Y-axis localization errors (the red horizontal line represents the baseline of delamination damage localization error).
Table 1.
The group velocities of Lamb waves at various frequencies.
Table 1.
The group velocities of Lamb waves at various frequencies.
f (kHz) |
220 |
230 |
240 |
250 |
260 |
270 |
280 |
290 |
300 |
310 |
320 |
V (m/s) |
5263.9 |
5035.3 |
4915.5 |
4667.3 |
4569.4 |
4343.0 |
4280.0 |
4148.6 |
4122.1 |
4067.5 |
4058.7 |
Table 2.
The localization imaging results of the X and Y axes by the DaS algorithm.
Table 2.
The localization imaging results of the X and Y axes by the DaS algorithm.
f (kHz) |
220 |
230 |
240 |
250 |
260 |
270 |
280 |
290 |
300 |
310 |
320 |
fm
|
X |
Φ20(mm) |
107.4 |
99.4 |
91.8 |
88.8 |
108.6 |
105.8 |
105.0 |
99.2 |
96.6 |
94.2 |
93.8 |
98.6 |
Φ40(mm) |
106.0 |
165.0 |
161.0 |
148.0 |
138.6 |
122.4 |
109.6 |
104.0 |
103.0 |
100.8 |
99.2 |
106.6 |
Y |
Φ20(mm) |
95.2 |
102.0 |
100.8 |
101.8 |
113.2 |
108.0 |
105.8 |
101.2 |
100.0 |
97.4 |
98.4 |
101.0 |
Φ40(mm) |
87.2 |
106.8 |
105.2 |
104.4 |
105.0 |
111.6 |
114.2 |
88.2 |
89.8 |
95.6 |
98.4 |
98.4 |
Table 3.
The localization imaging results of the X and Y axes by the ORAPID algorithm.
Table 3.
The localization imaging results of the X and Y axes by the ORAPID algorithm.
f (kHz) |
220 |
230 |
240 |
250 |
260 |
270 |
280 |
290 |
300 |
310 |
320 |
fm
|
X |
Φ20(mm) |
120.0 |
118.1 |
118.0 |
116.7 |
116.5 |
113.9 |
112.7 |
110.8 |
108.9 |
106.8 |
104.8 |
112.2 |
Φ40(mm) |
130.2 |
130.1 |
133.6 |
136.2 |
138.7 |
139.9 |
137.7 |
136.8 |
136.0 |
135.0 |
133.8 |
135.3 |
Y |
Φ20(mm) |
106.0 |
99.7 |
98.0 |
96.7 |
98.7 |
101.5 |
103.2 |
104.7 |
106.0 |
107.1 |
107.9 |
103.2 |
Φ40(mm) |
94.5 |
97.1 |
96.5 |
96.7 |
95.4 |
96.0 |
97.6 |
99.1 |
100.4 |
101.8 |
103.3 |
98.1 |
Table 4.
The localization imaging results of the X and Y axes by the IRAPID algorithm.
Table 4.
The localization imaging results of the X and Y axes by the IRAPID algorithm.
f (kHz) |
220 |
230 |
240 |
250 |
260 |
270 |
280 |
290 |
300 |
310 |
320 |
fm
|
X |
Φ20(mm) |
103.0 |
102.9 |
103.2 |
103.1 |
103.3 |
102.9 |
102.7 |
102.4 |
102.0 |
101.6 |
101.1 |
102.5 |
Φ40(mm) |
107.4 |
106.5 |
107.0 |
107.8 |
108.5 |
109.0 |
108.3 |
108.2 |
108.1 |
107.9 |
107.6 |
107.9 |
Y |
Φ20(mm) |
100.6 |
99.8 |
99.6 |
99.3 |
99.7 |
100.3 |
100.6 |
101.0 |
101.3 |
101.7 |
101.9 |
100.6 |
Φ40(mm) |
98.7 |
99.6 |
99.6 |
99.5 |
99.3 |
99.5 |
99.7 |
100.0 |
100.3 |
100.6 |
101.0 |
99.8 |
Table 5.
The localization error of Φ20 mm delamination damage.
Table 5.
The localization error of Φ20 mm delamination damage.
f (kHz) |
220 |
230 |
240 |
250 |
260 |
270 |
280 |
290 |
300 |
310 |
320 |
fm
|
DaS |
X(mm) |
7.4 |
0.6 |
8.2 |
11.2 |
8.6 |
5.8 |
5.0 |
0.8 |
3.4 |
5.8 |
6.2 |
5.7 |
Y(mm) |
4.8 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
13.2 |
8.0 |
5.8 |
1.2 |
0 |
2.6 |
1.6 |
3.8 |
ORAPID |
X(mm) |
20.0 |
18.1 |
18.0 |
16.7 |
16.5 |
13.9 |
12.7 |
10.8 |
8.9 |
6.8 |
4.8 |
13.4 |
Y(mm) |
6.0 |
0.3 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
4.7 |
6.0 |
7.1 |
7.9 |
3.9 |
IRAPID |
X(mm) |
3.0 |
2.9 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
2.6 |
Y(mm) |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
0.8 |
Table 6.
The localization error of Φ40 mm delamination damage.
Table 6.
The localization error of Φ40 mm delamination damage.
f (kHz) |
220 |
230 |
240 |
250 |
260 |
270 |
280 |
290 |
300 |
310 |
320 |
fm
|
DaS |
X(mm) |
6.0 |
65.0 |
61.0 |
48.0 |
38.6 |
22.4 |
9.6 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
23.6 |
Y(mm) |
12.8 |
6.8 |
5.2 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
11.6 |
14.2 |
11.8 |
10.2 |
4.4 |
1.6 |
8.0 |
ORAPID |
X(mm) |
30.2 |
30.1 |
33.6 |
36.2 |
38.7 |
39.9 |
37.7 |
36.8 |
36.0 |
35.0 |
33.8 |
35.3 |
Y(mm) |
5.5 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
4.6 |
4.0 |
2.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
1.8 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
IRAPID |
X(mm) |
7.4 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
7.8 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
8.3 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
7.9 |
7.6 |
7.8 |
Y(mm) |
1.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.5 |