A Maximum Entropy Approach to Assess Debonding in Honeycomb Aluminum Plates

Entropy

Viviana Meruane¹  Valentina del Fierro² 

[1] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Beauchef 850, Santiago, Chile;

关键词: Sandwich structures;    debonding;    honeycomb;    damage assessment;    maximum-entropy principle;    linear approximation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/e16052869

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Honeycomb sandwich structures are used in a wide variety of applications. Nevertheless, due to manufacturing defects or impact loads, these structures can be subject to imperfect bonding or debonding between the skin and the honeycomb core. The presence of debonding reduces the bending stiffness of the composite panel, which causes detectable changes in its vibration characteristics. This article presents a new supervised learning algorithm to identify debonded regions in aluminum honeycomb panels. The algorithm uses a linear approximation method handled by a statistical inference model based on the maximum-entropy principle. The merits of this new approach are twofold: training is avoided and data is processed in a period of time that is comparable to the one of neural networks. The honeycomb panels are modeled with finite elements using a simplified three-layer shell model. The adhesive layer between the skin and core is modeled using linear springs, the rigidities of which are reduced in debonded sectors. The algorithm is validated using experimental data of an aluminum honeycomb panel under different damage scenarios.

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