Shape reconstruction of additively manufactured waveguides with smooth thickness variation using laser-induced Lamb modes
Résumé
The increasingly widespread use of the metallic additive manufacturing process enables the design of components with ``complex'' geometry, such as structures featuring waveguides, which may exhibit complex dispersion due to their inhomogeneous characteristics. There is a high demand to characterize the geometric defects associate with phenomena occurring during the manufacturing of the sample, such as the thickness variation. Through numerical and experimental investigations, we explore the propagation of ultrasonic waves in additively manufactured elastic plates, with a specific emphasis on accurately reconstructing its shape using two methods based on propagative Lamb modes induced by laser. Our results demonstrate strong agreement between the calculated profiles and the reference.
Mots clés
propagative Lamb mode
laser
additive manufacturing
metallic additive manufacturing
component design
complex geometry
structure featuring waveguide
complex dispersion
inhomogeneous characteristics
material characterisation
defect
thickness variation
simulation
modelling
ultrasound
additively manufactured elastic plate
shape reconstruction