Manufacturing USA: Microwave Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) with Metamaterial Lens for High Resolution Characterization of Multimaterial Interfaces in Composites

美国制造：使用超材料透镜进行微波无损评估 (NDE)，用于复合材料中多材料界面的高分辨率表征

• 批准号: 1762331
• 负责人: Lalita Udpa
• 金额: $ 40.43万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2023-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1762331&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Manufacturing; USA; Microwave; Non; Destructive

Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are used in manufacturing of automotive, aircraft, bridges and civil infrastructures, since they offer excellent strength-to-weight ratios that allow for weight reduction without sacrificing performance. One of the limitations for wide acceptance of FRPs in mass-produced vehicles and structures is joining technology for dissimilar materials, specifically adhesive bonding of FRPs to metals. This award supports fundamental research needed for developing an non-destructive evaluation (NDE) system that will detect manufacturing defects in FRPs such as disbonds, delaminations, resin rich areas, fiber waviness, etc. that need to be captured early to ensure safety and reliability of resulting structures. While the immediate impact area of this award is in NDE imaging for manufacturing innovation, the research has broader applications and impacts to many industry sectors critical to the U.S. economy including biomedical, energy, aerospace, automotive and civil infrastructure. This research crosses the disciplines of manufacturing, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science and imaging science. It is focused on basic research that impacts the aerospace, automotive, medical products, defense and civil infrastracutre sectors, and therefore directly impacts economic welfare and national security. The multi-disciplinary approach will help broaden participation of underrepresented groups in research and positively impact engineering education. The PIs are active participants in MSU's existing ENSURE program (Engineering Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) and NSF funded HSHS program (High School Honors Science), which are both excellent avenues to recruit a diverse set of students from underrepresented and minority groups to engage in this project.The main objective of this project is to develop a novel, hybrid electromagnetic imaging system (HEMIS) that combines microwave NDE measurements, time reversal data-processing and a specially designed metamaterial lens that will allow focusing of energy at selected locations such as the bond lines in multimaterial composite joints. The major research contributions of the project include: 1) design of a novel antenna with appropriate bandwidth, 2) design and fabrication of a metamaterial lens with desired material properties such as negative refractive index and 3) development of time-reversal processing algorithms for interpreting measurement data in terms of bond integrity. An integrated experimental and simulation-based study will be conducted to get a better understanding of the phenomenological aspects of these sensor systems and their interaction with the interfaces. Such an approach will allow exploitation of these sensor systems for a wide range of applications. Successful completion of the project goals will result in an NDE system that will allow rapid inspection of large components, thereby increasing efficiency and reliability of advanced composites manufacturing.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

纤维增强聚合物(FRP)复合材料用于汽车、飞机、桥梁和民用基础设施的制造，因为它们具有优异的强度重量比，可以在不牺牲性能的情况下减轻重量。在大规模生产的车辆和结构中广泛接受FRPS的限制之一是连接不同材料的技术，特别是FRPS与金属的粘接。该奖项支持开发无损评估(NDE)系统所需的基础研究，该系统将检测FRP中的制造缺陷，如脱粘、分层、富树脂区域、纤维波纹度等，这些缺陷需要及早捕获，以确保最终结构的安全性和可靠性。虽然该奖项的直接影响领域是制造业创新的无损检测成像，但该研究对许多对美国经济至关重要的行业具有更广泛的应用和影响，包括生物医学、能源、航空航天、汽车和民用基础设施。这项研究跨越了制造、电气工程、机械工程、材料科学和成像科学等学科。它专注于影响航空航天、汽车、医疗产品、国防和民用基础设施部门的基础研究，因此直接影响经济福利和国家安全。多学科方法将有助于扩大代表不足的群体对研究的参与，并对工程教育产生积极影响。PIs是密歇根州立大学现有的Enure计划(工程暑期本科生研究经验)和NSF资助的HSHS计划(高中荣誉科学)的积极参与者，这两个计划都是从代表不足的学生和少数群体中招募不同的学生参与这个项目的极好途径。该项目的主要目标是开发一种新颖的混合电磁成像系统(HEMIS)，它结合了微波无损检测、时间反转数据处理和特殊设计的超材料透镜，将允许能量聚焦在选定的位置，如多材料复合材料接头中的连接线。该项目的主要研究贡献包括：1)设计了一种具有合适带宽的新型天线；2)设计和制造了具有所需材料特性(如负折射率)的超材料透镜；3)开发了用于从键合完整性角度解释测量数据的时间反转处理算法。将进行一项基于实验和模拟的综合研究，以更好地了解这些传感器系统的现象学方面及其与界面的相互作用。这种方法将允许将这些传感器系统用于广泛的应用。成功完成项目目标将产生一个无损检测系统，该系统将允许快速检测大型部件，从而提高先进复合材料制造的效率和可靠性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Enhancement of Microwave Imaging Using a Metamaterial Lens

• DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2019.2903454
• 发表时间: 2019-07-01
• 期刊: IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
• 影响因子: 4.3
• 作者: Mukherjee, Saptarshi;Su, Zhiyi;Tamburrino, Antonello
• 通讯作者: Tamburrino, Antonello

Enhancement of microwave time reversal imaging using metallic reflectors

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2019.102192
• 发表时间: 2020-03
• 期刊: Ndt & E International
• 影响因子: 4.2
• 作者: S. Mukherjee;Xiaodong Shi;Srijan Datta;Yiming Deng;S. Udpa;L. Udpa

Subwavelength Microwave Imaging System using a Negative Index Metamaterial Lens

使用负折射率超材料透镜的亚波长微波成像系统

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ASNT Research Symposium 2022
• 作者: Srijan Datta, Xiaodong Shi

Microwave imaging sensor system using metamaterial lens for subwavelength resolution

使用超材料透镜实现亚波长分辨率的微波成像传感器系统

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2023.102908
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: NDT & E International
• 影响因子: 4.2
• 作者: Datta, Srijan;Upda, Lalita
• 通讯作者: Upda, Lalita