On predicting the fracture behavior of CFR and GFR composites using wavelet-based AE techniques

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-385

  Qi, Gang ^a   Barhorst, Alan A ^b  

^a Weber Aircraft Inc   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Fracture mechanics; Residual strength; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

RESIDUAL STRENGTH;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING;

COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; TESTING, FRACTURE; TESTING, STRENGTH;

EID: 0031278149     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(97)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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