Abstract
Polymer-matrix composites are susceptible to interlaminar delaminations, fiber fractures, matrix cracking, fiber/matrix debonding, and other damage that can degrade structural performance. Such damage can occur during manufacture, assembly, and/or normal service, and may have an influence on usage and repair decisions. It is,therefore, important to be able to nondestructively inspect and characterize damage in fiber-reinforced materials. Ultrasonics represents a state-of-the-art technique for performing such inspections. Recent advances in transducers, instrumentation and scanning hardware have increased the effectiveness of this method of detecting and characterizing flaws.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 34-38 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Volume | 143 |
| No | 3 |
| Specialist publication | Advanced Materials and Processes |
| State | Published - Mar 1993 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering