Neural network/acoustic emission burst pressure prediction for impact damaged composite pressure vessels

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 903-907

  Walker, James L ^a   Russell, Samuel S ^b   Workman, Gary L ^a   Hill, Eric V K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Composite materials; Neural network; Nondestructive testing; Pressure vessel; Proof testing; Quantitative analysis; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FORECASTING; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS TESTING; PRESSURE VESSELS; ROCKET ENGINES; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SOLID PROPELLANTS; STRESS ANALYSIS; ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; BACKPROPAGATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CORRELATION METHODS; CRACK INITIATION; DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESINS; GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

ACOUSTIC-EMISSIONS; BURST PRESSURES; COMPOSITES MATERIAL; EMISSION BURSTS; GRAPHITE EPOXY; IMPACT DAMAGES; NEURAL-NETWORKS; PRESSURE PREDICTIONS; PROOF TESTING; SIGNALS ANALYSIS;

NEURAL NETWORKS; PRESSURE VESSELS;

BURST PRESSURE; HYDROPROOF TESTING; KEVLAR; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031197636     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Caudill, M., and C Butler, Understanding Neural Networks, Volume 1: Besic Networks, 1992, pp 30-50. MIT, Cambridge, MA.
2. Ely, T.E, and E.v.K. Hill, "Longitudinal Splitting and Fiber Breakage Characterization in Graphite Epoxy Using Acoustic Emission Data," Materials Evaluation, Vol. 53, No. 2, Feb. 1995, pp 288-294.
3. Hill, E.v.K., J.L. Walker, and G.H. Rowell, "Neural Network Burst Pressure Prediction in Graphite/Epoxy Pressure Vessels From Acoustic Emission Amplitude Data," Materials Evaluation, Vol. 54, No. 6, Jun. 1996, pp 744-748, 754.
4. Hoskin, B.C., and A.A. Baker, eds, Composite Materials for Aircraft Structures, 1986, pp 154-156. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, New York, NY.
5. Walker, J.L, and E.v.K. Hill, "Backpropagation Neural Networks for Predicting Ultimate Strength of Unidirectional Graphite/Epoxy Tensile Specimens" Advanced Performance Materials, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan. 1996, pp 75-83.
6. Walker, J.L., and E.v.K. Hill, "An Introduction to Neural Networks: a Tutorial" in Proceedings of the First International Conference on Nonlinear Problems in Aviation and Aerospace, ed. by S. Sivasundaram, 1996, pp 667-672. ERAU Press, Daytona Beach, FL.
7. Walker, J.L., M.L. Lansing, S.S. Russell, G.L. Workman, and A. Nettles, "Materials Characterization of Damage in Filament Wound Composite Pressure Vessels," Proceedings of the ASNT 1995 Spring Conference/Fourth Annual Research Symposuim, 1995, pp 204-206. ASNT, Columbus, OH.
8. Wasserman, P.D., Neural Computing: Theory and Practice, 1989, pp 33-37. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY.