Quality control of CFRP by means of digital image processing and statistical point pattern analysis

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 2438-2446

  Trias, D ^a   Garcia R ^a   Costa, J ^a   Blanco, N ^a   Hurtado, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Microstructure; C. Probabilistic methods; C. Statistics; Digital image processing

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DISPERSIONS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL POINT PATTERN ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSE FAILURE;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CARBON FIBER; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 34249052989     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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