Failure mechanisms analysis of 2D carbon/carbon using acoustic emission monitoring

NDT and E International

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 157-163

  Pappas, Y Z ^a   Markopoulos, Y P ^a   Kostopoulos, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Ceramic matrix composites; Cluster activation; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TENSILE TESTING;

CLUSTER ACTIVATION PARAMETERS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

EID: 0032097739     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(98)00002-4     Document Type: Article

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