Health monitoring of carbon/carbon, woven reinforced composites: Damage assessment by using advanced signal processing techniques. Part II: Acousto-ultrasonics monitoring of damage development

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-283

  Loutas, T H ^a   Kostopoulos, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs); C. Wavelet transform; D. Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POLYMORPHISM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONICS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

A. CERAMIC-MATRIX COMPOSITES (CMCS); C. WAVELET TRANSFORM; CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORMS; D. NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; DAMAGE ACCUMULATIONS; DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; DAMAGE DEVELOPMENTS; HEALTH MONITORING; LEVEL DECOMPOSITIONS; MONOTONIC VARIATIONS; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES;

WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

CARBON FIBER; CERAMIC MATRIX; DAMAGE; DECOMPOSITION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MONITORING; TESTING;

EID: 57749085489     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.09.042     Document Type: Article

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