Irina Trendafilova

Dr. Irina Trendafilova

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, UK
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Academic Career Length

32Years (1995-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 August 2018 in Nano Energy
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CGCristobal García
Cristobal García
ITIrina Trendafilova
Irina Trendafilova
RVRoberto Guzman de Villoria
Roberto Guzman de Villoria
José Sánchez del Río SáezJosé Sánchez del Río Sáez
José Sánchez del Río Sáez

1 December 2013 in Composite Structures
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Roberto PalazzettiRoberto Palazzetti
Roberto Palazzetti
Andrea ZucchelliAndrea Zucchelli
Andrea Zucchelli
ITIrina Trendafilova
Irina Trendafilova


31 October 2008 in Journal of Applied Mechanics
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AIAsif Israr
Asif Israr
MCMatthew Cartmell
Matthew Cartmell
EMEmil Manoach
Emil Manoach
ITIrina Trendafilova
Irina Trendafilova
WOWieslaw Ostachowicz
Wieslaw Ostachowicz
Arkadiusz ZakArkadiusz Zak
Arkadiusz Zak

1 June 2008 in Journal of Sound and Vibration
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ITIrina Trendafilova
Irina Trendafilova
MCMatthew Cartmell
Matthew Cartmell
WOW. Ostachowicz
W. Ostachowicz

1 April 2008 in Structural Health Monitoring
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PMPawel Malinowski
Pawel Malinowski
TWTomasz Wandowski
Tomasz Wandowski
ITIrina Trendafilova
Irina Trendafilova
WOWieslaw Ostachowicz
Wieslaw Ostachowicz
A method for damage localization based on the phased array idea has been developed. Four arrays of transducers are used to perform a beam-forming procedure. Each array consists of nine transducers placed along a line, which are able to excite and register elastic waves. The A0 Lamb wave mode has been chosen for the localization method. The arrays are placed in such a way that the angular difference between them is 45° and the rotation point is the middle transducer, which is common for all the arrays. The idea has been tested on a square aluminium plate modeled by the Spectral Element Method. Two types of damage were considered, namely distributed damage, which was modeled as stiffness reduction, and cracks, modeled as separation of nodes between selected spectral elements. The plate is excited by a wave packet. The whole array system is placed in the middle of the plate. Each linear phased array in the system acts independently and produces maps of a scanned field based on the beam-forming procedure. These maps are made of time signals (transferred to space domain) that represent the difference between the damaged plate signals and those from the intact plate. An algorithm was developed to join all four maps. The final map is modified by proposed signal processing algorithm to indicate the damaged area of the plate more precisely. The problem for damage localization was investigated and exemplary maps confirming the effectiveness of the proposed system were obtained. It was also shown that the response of the introduced configuration removes the ambiguity of damage localization normally present when a linear phased array is utilized. The investigation is based exclusively on numerical data.