Characterization of stiffness degradation caused by fatigue damage in textile composites using circumferential plate acoustic waves

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 1616-1623

  Adden, S ^a   Pfleiderer, K ^b   Solodov, I ^b   Horst, P ^a   Busse, G ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Non crimp fabrics; B. Fatigue; D. Plate acoustic waves

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; FABRICS; FATIGUE DAMAGE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STIFFNESS;

CIRCUMFERENTIAL PLATE WAVES; NON-CRIMPED FABRIC COMPOSITES; STIFFNESS DEGRADATION;

GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; DAMAGE; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; LOADING (TESTING); STIFFNESS;

EID: 42249113666     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.02.031     Document Type: Article

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