Onset of resin micro-cracks in unidirectional glass fiber laminates with integrated SHM sensors: Experimental results

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 477-491

  Ghezzo, Fabrizia ^a,b   Huang, Yi ^a,c   Nemat Nasser, Sia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Moffatt & Nichol Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emissions; Composites; Embedded device; Matrix micro cracking; Stress concentration; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350524905     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921709340976     Document Type: Article

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