Fuzzy Logic Approach for Impact Source Identification in Ceramic Plates

Abstract

A great deal of interest has been shown in the literature in the development of new Non-Destructive Techniques (NDT). In particular, there is increasing interest in detecting, evaluating and locating cracks as well as the source of the impact causing these cracks. Fuzzy logic was shown to be useful in crack detection, and severity of crack in materials. In this paper Fuzzy logic has been used in NDT applications for identification of source of impact on the ceramic plates. Through the experimental techniques described in this paper we show that fuzzy logic can be used successfully for this purpose. The proposed methodology has been implemented as a Mamdani Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) using the Fuzzy Logic Toolbox in MATLAB.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 11, 2009
Accession Number
ADA525952

Entities

People

  • Arati M. Dixit
  • Harpreet Singh
  • Ivan Wong
  • Shashank Kamthan
  • Thomas Meitzler
  • Thomas Reynolds
  • Vijay Shrama

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acquisition
  • Armor Plate
  • Cantilever Beams
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Fuzzy Sets
  • Identification
  • Logic
  • Materials
  • Peak Values
  • Test Methods
  • Waveforms
  • Waves

Readers

  • Computer Engineering
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML