Applications of advanced waveform-based AE techniques for testing composite materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2944, Issue , 1996, Pages 146-153

  Prosser, William H ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Attenuation; Composite materials; Modal analysis; Nondestructive evaluation; Plate waves

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRYOGENICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODAL ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TAPES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC SENSORS; AE SIGNALS; AE TECHNIQUES; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ARRIVAL TIMES; ATTENUATION; BROAD BANDS; COMPOSITE PANELS; CRYOGENIC ENVIRONMENTS; CRYOGENIC INSULATIONS; DAMAGE MECHANISMS; DAMAGE PROGRESSIONS; HIGH FIDELITIES; LABORATORY TESTS; NOISE SIGNALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; PLATE MODELS; PLATE WAVES; SOURCE LOCATIONS; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITIES; THRESHOLD CROSSINGS; WAVE PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS;

INSULATION;

EID: 0004785368     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.259053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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