Non-destructive Testing of Impact Damage in Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites

Non-destructive Testing of Impact Damage in Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites

Author: Milad Saeedifar

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2024-08-19

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0443141215

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Non-destructive Testing of Impact Damage in Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites: Fundamentals and Applications provides detailed knowledge on the fundamentals and applications of frequently used nondestructive testing (NDT) techniques utilized to assess impact damage in composite structures. This book starts with an introduction to impact damage in composite structures, each subsequent chapter focuses on evaluating damage using specific NDT methods. Chapters 2–4 concentrate on vision-based NDT methods such as visual inspection, digital image correlation, and digital shearography. Following this, Chapters 5–6 delve into ultrasound-based methods, including acoustic emission and phased-array ultrasonic inspection. Radiation-based methods, micro-CT, and thermography are discussed in Chapters 7 and 8, while Chapters 9 and 10 elucidate microwave inspection and electrical impedance tomography. This book is a useful reference for both academia and industry and covers the fundamentals, practical tips, case studies, and applications, as well as current research trends and future possibilities, for each technique. Insights into the diverse damage levels in composite materials resulting from low-velocity impact, ranging from micro matrix cracks to severe delamination and fiber breakage Covers a broad range of NDT techniques, including recently developed NDT techniques, suitable for detecting impact damage in composite materials Serves as a valuable reference for both academia and industry, providing comprehensive coverage of fundamental principles, practical insights, applications, case studies, current research trends, and future prospects for each NDT technique


Acoustic Emission and Durability of Composite Materials

Acoustic Emission and Durability of Composite Materials

Author: Nathalie Godin

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-02-15

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1119510600

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In this book, two kinds of analysis based on acoustic emission recorded during mechanical tests are investigated. In the first, individual, analysis, acoustic signature of each damage mechanism is characterized. So with a clustering method, AE signals that have similar shapes or similar features can be group together into a cluster. Afterwards, each cluster can be linked with a main damage. The second analysis is based on a global AE analysis, on the investigation of liberated energy, with a view to identify a critical point. So beyond this characteristic point, the criticality can be modeled with a power-law in order to evaluate time to failure.


Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques for Renewable Energy Industrial Assets

Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques for Renewable Energy Industrial Assets

Author: Mayorkinos Papaelias

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2019-09-04

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0128097477

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Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques for Renewable Energy Industrial Assets integrates state-of-the-art information and discusses future developments and their significance to the improvement of the renewable energy industry. Renewable energy assets are complex systems with several critical components that require inspection and adequate maintenance in order to ensure their high availability and uninterrupted operation. This is the first book to apply NDT and condition monitoring to these complex systems. Covers inspection and condition monitoring for a broad range of renewable energy systems, including wind turbines, wave energy devices, CSP and photovoltaic plants, and biofuel/biomass power plants Includes a review of common types of NDT techniques Discusses future developments in NDT and condition monitoring for renewable energy systems


Damage Detection in Composite Materials Using Acoustic Emission and Self-sensing Fibres

Damage Detection in Composite Materials Using Acoustic Emission and Self-sensing Fibres

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The primary objective of this study was to investigate the abilities of acoustic emission testing and self-sensing fibres to detect damage in composite materials. This was achieved by performing acoustic emission testing on fibre samples and resin samples during tensile tests. In parallel to the acoustic emission testing the changes in strain for the resin samples was recorded using electrical resistance strain gauges and fibre Bragg gratings. Acoustic emission testing of Self-sensing fibre composites allowed the recorded changes in the light intensity transmitted by the fibres to be analysed in conjunction with the acoustic emission data. The fabrication of the three different sample types is presented as is the installation of the electrical resistance strain gauges and fibre Bragg gratings. The experimental procedure and method of data capture is detailed for tensile and acoustic emission testing, strain data and Self-sensing fibre data. The fabrication and testing of the samples was performed successfully. The testing procedure and analysis of results demonstrates the accurate use of acoustic emission and the potential of self-sensing fibres in detecting damage in composite materials.


Damage and Repair of Aerospace Composite Materials

Damage and Repair of Aerospace Composite Materials

Author: Charles Lu

Publisher: SAE International

Published: 2019-04-30

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 076800098X

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Damage and Repair of Aerospace Composite Materials reports the latest developments on the detection and repair of composite structures from the perspective of ten SAE technical papers, especially chosen for this book. This micro-collection of papers offers an overview of composite utilization on large-scale commercial aircraft as well as an outline of general damage inspection and repair of composite structures. On the damage detection side, really important techniques are explained, including: • Porosity inspection of large composite panels. • Damage detection of large composites using acoustic ultrasonic and radio frequency methods. • Discrimination of damaged and undamaged composite panels using acoustic emission sensors. • Automated defect inspection system integrated in the production line by utilizing laser sensors and cameras. The latest studies in damage repair of composite structures are also presented, including: • the design of a bonded repair technique for multilayer laminate composite panels. • the analysis on the performance of bolted repair vs. bonded repair. • the method for economically repairing the holes on composites. • the development of a novel cutting tool for the scarf repair of composites. • the use the 3D-printing technology to repair gaps and steps in large composite panels


Damage Detection in Composite Materials

Damage Detection in Composite Materials

Author: John E. Masters

Publisher: ASTM International

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0803114745

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A collection of 16 papers from an international symposium in San Antonio, November 1990, focusing on the necessary coordination between materials scientists, stress analysts, and non-destructive evaluation specialists, for successfully designing, building, certifying, and maintaining composite struc


Detection of Impact Damage in Composite Bi-Axial Test Specimens by Use of Thermally-Activated Acoustic Emission

Detection of Impact Damage in Composite Bi-Axial Test Specimens by Use of Thermally-Activated Acoustic Emission

Author: WD. Brosey

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13:

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Acoustic emission (AE) produced during thermo-mechanical loading of composite materials is known as thermo-acoustic emission (thermo-AE). When thermally cycled, coupons of various composite materials have been shown to produce quantities of AE which are directly proportional to the damage level. This work demonstrates the applicability of thermo-AE monitoring to an engineering structure.