Non-destructive testing of carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer materials with a radio-frequency inductive sensor

Composite Structures

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-112

  Salski, Bartlomiej ^a   Gwarek, Wojciech ^a   Korpas, Przemyslaw ^a   Reszewicz, Szymon ^a   Chong, Alvin Y B ^b   Theodorakeas, Panagiotis ^c   Hatziioannidis, Ieremias ^c   Kappatos, Vassilis ^b   Selcuk, Cem ^b   Gan, Tat Hean ^b   Koui, Maria ^c   Iwanowski, Marcin ^a   Zielinski, Bartlomiej ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon fibre reinforced polymer; Composites; Eddy currents; Non destructive testing; Spiral inductors

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; FUSELAGES; INDUCTIVE SENSORS; MATERIALS TESTING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

ARRAY OF SENSORS; FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SPIRAL INDUCTOR; TESTING TECHNIQUE;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 84916885453     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.11.056     Document Type: Article

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