Identification of failure modes in glass/polypropylene composites by means of the primary frequency content of the acoustic emission event

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1819-1827

  Ramirez Jimenez, C R ^a   Papadakis, N ^a   Reynolds, N ^a   Gan, T H ^a   Purnell, P ^a   Pharaoh, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite glass polypropylene; D. Acoustic emission; D. Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; POLYPROPYLENES;

FAILURE MODES; POWER SPECTRUM;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

FIBER ORIENTATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TESTING;

EID: 2942597580     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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