A study on the failure mechanisms of carbon fiber/epoxy composite laminates using acoustic emission

Materials and Design

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 228-235

  Liu, P F ^a   Chu, J K ^a   Liu, Y L ^a,b   Zheng, J Y ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hangzhou Special Equipment Inspection Institute   (China)

Author keywords

B. Laminates; E. Mechanical; H. Failure analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TECHNIQUES; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; COMPLEX FAILURE; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; COMPOSITE SPECIMENS; DAMAGE AND FAILURE; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; E. MECHANICAL; FAILURE MECHANISM; FAILURE PROPERTIES; FIBER PULL OUT; FIBER/MATRIX INTERFACE; H. FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOLE SIZE; MATRIX CRACKING; MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; LAMINATES; MAPPING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 84862804571     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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