Separation of Lamb modes at a plate edge by using orthogonality relation; pp. 283–291

Lamb modes are widely used for non-destructive evaluation of plate-like structures and simple interpretation procedures for the analysis of the monitored structures are needed. In this study we apply the orthogonality relation based method for post-processing Finite Element (FE) predictions in order to separate Lamb modes at a plate edge. The reflected wave field from the free edge is a superposition of all the eigenmodes of an infinite plate. The eigenmode amplitudes of the reflected wave field are determined by applying the orthogonality-based method. Overlapping wavepackets of Lamb modes at a plate edge are simulated by using the FE model of the incident S0 mode in a plate with a crack. Time-domain signals of propagating and non-propagating modes are extracted.