Detection of delamination defects in CFRP materials using ultrasonic signal processing

Ultrasonics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 731-738

  Benammar, Abdessalem ^a   Drai, Redouane ^a   Guessoum, Abderrezak ^b  

^a Centre Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Soudage et Controle   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

CFRP; Composite materials; Deconvolution; EM algorithm; SSP; Ultrasonic NDE

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEEL SHEET; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

CFRP; DEFECT DETECTIONS; EM ALGORITHM; EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATIONS; REINFORCED POLYMERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPLIT SPECTRUM PROCESSING; SSP; ULTRASONIC METHODS; ULTRASONIC NDE; ULTRASONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITES; DELAMINATION; PLASTICS; SHEETS; STEEL; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

CARBON; CARBON FIBER; POLYMER;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INSTRUMENTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; CARBON; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 56049108400     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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