Noncontact characterization of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics using multifrequency eddy current sensors

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 738-743

  Yin, Wuliang ^a,b   Withers, Philip J ^a   Sharma, Umesh ^a   Peyton, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs); Materials characterization; Modeling; Multifrequency eddy current sensors; Nondestructive evaluation (NDE); Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBERS; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; EDDY CURRENTS; ELASTOMERS; FAULT DETECTION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; MODELS; PLASTICITY; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SENSORS; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION; MODELING; MULTIFREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT SENSORS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE); POLYMER COMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITES; EDDY CURRENTS; ELASTOMERS; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT; MODELS; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; PROCESSING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SENSORS; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNALS;

EID: 60849094452     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.2005072     Document Type: Article

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