Acoustic emission characteristics of mode I delamination in glass/polyester composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 793-807

  Oskouei, Amir Refahi ^a   Ahmadi, Mehdi ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Composite; DCB; Delamination; SEM

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; AE ENERGY; AE SIGNALS; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; DCB; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIBER BREAKAGES; FIBER-MATRIX DEBONDING; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FREQUENCY INTERVALS; GLASS/POLYESTER COMPOSITES; INTERLAMINAR; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE; MATRIX CRACKING; MECHANICAL ENERGY RELEASE; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; POWERFUL INDICATORS; SEM; SPECTRAL POWER DENSITY; TOTAL POWER;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FRACTURE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEEL SHEET;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

EID: 77951066661     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998309349553     Document Type: Article

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