Carbon nanotube sensing skins for spatial strain and impact damage identification

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-25

  Loh, Kenneth J ^a   Hou, Tsung Chin ^b   Lynch, Jerome P ^a   Kotov, Nicholas A ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube nanocomposite; Electrical impedance tomography; Impact damage detection; Layer by layer; Sensing skin; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFTS; CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES; DAMAGE LOCATIONS; DAMAGE MAPS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCES; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS; IMPACT DAMAGE DETECTION; IMPACT DAMAGES; LAYER-BY-LAYER; LAYER-BY-LAYER TECHNIQUES; LONG-TERM PROBLEMS; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; PERMANENT DEFORMATIONS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SENSING SKIN; SENSING TRANSDUCERS; SPATIAL AREAS; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS; STRUCTURAL LOCATIONS; STRUCTURAL PLATES; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

AIRCRAFT; CARBON NANOTUBES; DAMAGE DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; LOCATION; MONITORING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NAVAL VESSELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYMERS; SKIN; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 63649161377     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: 15734862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10921-009-0043-y     Document Type: Article

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