Identification of fiber-reinforced plastic failure mechanisms from acoustic emission data using neural networks

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-226

  Ativitavas, Nat ^a   Pothisiri, Thanyawat ^b   Fowler, Timothy J ^c  

^a PTT PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Failure mechanism identification; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY;

FAILURE MECHANISM IDENTIFICATION;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 33644989433     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998305053458     Document Type: Article

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