Plate wave flow patterns for ply orientation imaging in fiber reinforced composties

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 518-523

  Sullivan, Rani Warsi ^a,b   Balasubramaniam, Krishnan ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Bennett, George ^a,b,h  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Drexel University ^*

^f Drexel University

^g ASME

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Composite material; Fiber reinforced composites; Imaging; Nondestructive examination; Ultrasonic testing

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FLOW PATTERNS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; ULTRASONIC TESTING; AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; BACKSCATTERING; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSMITTERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; WAVES;

COMPOSITES MATERIAL; FIBRE ORIENTATION; FIBRE-REINFORCED; FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GRAPHITE EPOXY LAMINATE; IN-FIBER; ORIENTATION IMAGING; PLATE WAVES; PLY ORIENTATION; WAVE FLOW;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PITCH CATCH MODE; PLATE WAVE FLOW PATTERN; PLY ORIENTATION IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 0030129927     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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