Acoustic emission sensor properties of active fibre composite elements compared with commercial acoustic emission sensors

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-20

  Barbezat, Michel ^a   Brunner, Andreas J ^a   Flueler, Peter ^a   Huber, Christian ^a   Kornmann, Xavier ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Acousto ultrasonic; Active fibre composites; Piezoelectric fibres; Sensor

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ANISOTROPY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; LAMINATES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SIGNAL THEORY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACOUSTO-ULTRASONICS; ACTIVE FIBER COMPOSITES; PIEZOELECTRIC FIBERS; POLYMER-MATRIX LAMINATES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 3042774699     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.01.062     Document Type: Article

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