Monitoring of delamination onset and growth during Mode I and Mode II interlaminar fracture tests using guided waves

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-151

  Wang, Dong ^a,b   Ye, Lin ^a   Tang, Youhong ^a   Lu, Ye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Beijing Aircraft Technology Research Institute of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China   (China)

Author keywords

B. Delamination; B. Fracture toughness; B. Mechanical properties; B. Stress strain curves; D. Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

B. STRESS/STRAIN CURVES; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DELAMINATION MONITORING; DETERMINING MODES; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; END-NOTCH FLEXURES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TEST; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOAD-DISPLACEMENT CURVE; LOW FREQUENCY RANGE; MATERIALS TESTING SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LOAD; MODE II; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; PITCH-CATCH; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESPONSE SIGNAL; VISUAL INSPECTION; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; WAVE MODES; WAVE PARAMETERS; WAVE PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; WAVEFORM SIMILARITY;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; DELAMINATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; STEEL SHEET;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84855845496     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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