Determination of material symmetries from ultrasonic velocity measurements: A genetic algorithm based blind inversion method

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 862-871

  Vishnuvardhan, J ^a   Krishnamurthy, C V ^a   Balasubramaniam, Krishnan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibers; A. Structural materials; C. Elastic moduli; C. Statistics; D. Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BLIND INVERSION METHOD; MATERIAL SYMMETRIES; PRINCIPLE PLANE ORIENTATIONS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ANISOTROPY; CARBON FIBER; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTING; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 38649129452     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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