ULTRASONIC INFLUENCE OF POROSITY LEVEL ON CFRP COMPOSITE LAMINATES USING RAYLEIGH PROBE WAVES
ULTRASONIC INFLUENCE OF POROSITY LEVEL ON CFRP COMPOSITE LAMINATES USING RAYLEIGH PROBE WAVES作者机构:Dept.of Naval Architecture and Ocean Eng.Chosun UniversityKwangju 501-759Korea Dept.of Automotive Eng.Woosuk UniversitySamrae-upWanju-kunChonbuk565-701Korea Center for Nondestructive EvaluationIowa State UniversityAmesIowa 50011USA Division of Precision Mec.Eng.Chonbuk National UniversityJeonju 561-756Korea School of Mechanical EngineeringChosun UniversityKwangju 501-759Korea
出 版 物:《Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica》 (固体力学学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2008年第21卷第4期
页 面:298-307页
核心收录:
学科分类:08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程(可授工学、理学学位)] 080502[工学-材料学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0701[理学-数学] 0801[工学-力学(可授工学、理学学位)] 0702[理学-物理学]
基 金:supported by Chosun University Gwangju Korea during the 2007 academic year
主 题:ply-layup orientation unidirectional CFRP beam profile pitch-catch contact mode,porosity level
摘 要:It was found that a pitch-catch signal was more sensitive than normal incidence backwall echo of longitudinal wave to subtle flaw conditions in the composites (damages, fiber orientation, low level porosity, ply waviness, and cracks). Both the strength and stiffness depend on the fiber orientation and porosity volume in the composites. The porosity content of a composite structure is critical to the strength and performance of the structure in general. The depth of the sampling volume where the pitch-catch signal came from was relatively shallow with the head- to-head miniature Rayleigh probes, but the depth can be increased by increasing the separation distance of the transmitting and receiving probes. Also, a method was utilized to determine the porosity content of a composite lay-up by processing micrograph images of the laminate. A free software package was utilized to process micrograph images of the test sample. The results from the image processing method were compared with existing data. Beam profile was characterized in unidirectional CFRP(carbon fiber reinforced plastics) using pitch-catch Rayleigh probes and the one-sided pitch-catch technique was utilized to produce C-scan images with the aid of the automatic scanner.