Analysis of acoustic emission signals resulting from fiber breakage in single fiber composites

Polymer Composites

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 758-770

  Giordano, M ^a   Calabro A ^b   Esposito, C ^b   Salucci, C ^c   Nicolais, L ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ALGORITHMS; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTALS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; POLYESTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FIBER BREAKAGE;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0033332351     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.10399     Document Type: Article

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