Terahertz spectroscopy to study the orientation of glass fibres in reinforced plastics

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 472-477

  Jordens C ^a   Scheller, M ^a   Wietzke, S ^a   Romeike, D ^a   Jansen, C ^a   Zentgraf, T ^b   Wiesauer, K ^c   Reisecker, V ^d   Koch, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Forschung und Entwicklung   (Germany)

^c Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH (RECENDT)   (Austria)

^d Upper Austrian Research GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; D. Non destructive testing; Reinforced plastics

Indexed keywords

100 GHZ; ADDITIVE CONTENTS; D. NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; FIBRE CONTENT; FIBRE ORIENTATION; GLASS FIBRES; MEASURED DATA; MOLD FLOW; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHOD; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ-TDS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTOMERS; GLASS FIBERS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; POLYESTERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FIBERS;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER ORIENTATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 75149115105     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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