A proper lifting scheme wavelet transform for vibration-based damage identification in composite laminates

Abstract

Damage detection using the wavelet transform was investigated and appropriate approaches to raising the method’s sensitivity level were proposed. In addition, the current study attempted to implement the impulse wavelet design algorithm in order to present appropriate wavelet function with respect to the characteristics of the signal. The initial wavelet function corresponding to the impulse response of composite plate was achieved using impulse wavelet algorithm in time domain. The function was optimized using lifting scheme method. To detect damages, an appropriate signal was selected through applying wavelet transform. To enhance damage identification, first, the edges’ effect of wavelet transform was removed, then a higher accuracy was observed by summing the wavelet coefficients in all scale factors for each mode shape and the wavelet coefficients for all mode shapes. The article also presents a quantitative measure to compare different wavelets.