%0 Journal Article
	%A R. K. Apalowo and  D. Chronopoulos and  V. Thierry
	%D 2017
	%J International Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 121, 2017
	%T Wave Interaction with Defects in Pressurized Composite Structures
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10006148
	%V 121
	%X A wave finite element (WFE) and finite element
(FE) based computational method is presented by which the
dispersion properties as well as the wave interaction coefficients for
one-dimensional structural system can be predicted. The structural
system is discretized as a system comprising a number of waveguides
connected by a coupling joint. Uniform nodes are ensured at the
interfaces of the coupling element with each waveguide. Then,
equilibrium and continuity conditions are enforced at the interfaces.
Wave propagation properties of each waveguide are calculated using
the WFE method and the coupling element is modelled using the
FE method. The scattering of waves through the coupling element,
on which damage is modelled, is determined by coupling the FE and
WFE models. Furthermore, the central aim is to evaluate the effect of
pressurization on the wave dispersion and scattering characteristics
of the prestressed structural system compared to that which is not
prestressed. Numerical case studies are exhibited for two waveguides
coupled through a coupling joint.
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