Nondestructive evaluation of thick-composite fatigue damage

Robert E. Green Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.212545

19 June 1995 Nondestructive evaluation of thick-composite fatigue damage

Robert E. Green Jr.

Proceedings Volume 2459, Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Maritime Applications; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.212545
Event: Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Infrastructure, 1995, Oakland, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the results of the comparison of a variety of nondestructive evaluation techniques to monitor the development of fatigue damage in thick graphite/epoxy composites. Three inch long, one inch square cross-section test specimens were fatigue tested in compression. Most specimens incorporated stress (strain) concentration notches at their mid- section in order to localize the primary fatigue damage regions in an optimum location for nondestructive monitoring. The nondestructive techniques evaluated were ultrasonic B- and C- scan, ultrasonic velocity and attenuation, ultrasonic second harmonic generation, acoustic microscopy, acoustic emission, thermography, real-time high-speed digital/video laser speckle decorrelation, magnetic resonance imaging, radio-opaque penetrant enhanced x-radiography, and eddy current. Mechanical resonance spectroscopy was used to measure the second order (linear) elastic moduli. Optical and electron microscopy on cut and polished specimens were used to verify the results of the nondestructive tests.

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Robert E. Green Jr. "Nondestructive evaluation of thick-composite fatigue damage", Proc. SPIE 2459, Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Maritime Applications, (19 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.212545

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