Isolating tensile failure mechanisms in fiberglass epoxy from acoustic emission signal parameters

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1025-1031

  Kouvarakos, Michael ^a   Hill, Eric V K ^b  

^a Acoustic Emission Consultants   (United States)

^b Advanced Dynamics and Control Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Amplitude distribution; Composite materials; Failure mechanisms; Fiberglass epoxy; Nondestructive testing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TENSILE TESTING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SIGNAL; ACOUSTIC EMISSION SIGNALS PARAMETERS; ACOUSTIC-EMISSIONS; AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPOSITES MATERIAL; EPOXY; FAILURE MECHANISM; FIBERGLASS EPOXY; TENSILE FAILURES; TEST SPECIMENS;

GLASS FIBERS; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SIGNAL PARAMETERS; AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTION; FIBERGLASS EPOXY; TENSILE FAILURE MECHANISMS;

EID: 0030247148     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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