Locating and Imaging Fiber Breaks in CFRP Using Guided Wave Tomography and Eddy Current Testing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Characteristics of the Specimen
3. Locating Fiber Breaks Using Guided Wave Tomography
3.1. Experimental Setup for Guided Wave Testing
3.2. Selection of the Frequency and the Incident Angle of the Excitation Source
3.3. Experimental Measurements and Feature Extraction
3.4. GWT Scan Procedure
3.5. Method Used to Locate Fiber Breaks
4. Evaluating the Fiber Break Using an ECT Probe
4.1. ECT Probe
4.2. ECT Scan Procedure
4.3. Characterization of the Fiber Break
5. Conclusions and Future Work
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Quantity | Units |
---|---|---|
Density | 1152 | Kg/m3 |
Tensile Modulus at 45° | 32.3 | GPa |
Tensile Modulus at 0/90° | 37.2 | GPa |
Poisson ratio | 0.33 | - |
Features | Description | Definition |
---|---|---|
F1 | Peak | |
F2 | Skewness | |
F3 | Kurtosis |
Features | Feature Description | IRTvariation (defect region) | IRTavg (defect free region) |
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F1 | Peak | 0.42 | 1.35 |
F2 | Skewness | 0.28 | 2.15 |
F3 | Kurtosis | 0.94 | 5.70 |
Probe Configuration | Ap2p (V) | Aavg (V) | θp2p (Deg.) | Θavg (Deg.) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.64 | 22.4 | 7.27 | 226.41 |
2 | 0.13 | 1.60 | 3.41 | 242.71 |
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Pasadas, D.J.; Barzegar, M.; Ribeiro, A.L.; Ramos, H.G. Locating and Imaging Fiber Breaks in CFRP Using Guided Wave Tomography and Eddy Current Testing. Sensors 2022, 22, 7377. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197377
Pasadas DJ, Barzegar M, Ribeiro AL, Ramos HG. Locating and Imaging Fiber Breaks in CFRP Using Guided Wave Tomography and Eddy Current Testing. Sensors. 2022; 22(19):7377. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197377
Chicago/Turabian StylePasadas, Dario J., Mohsen Barzegar, Artur L. Ribeiro, and Helena G. Ramos. 2022. "Locating and Imaging Fiber Breaks in CFRP Using Guided Wave Tomography and Eddy Current Testing" Sensors 22, no. 19: 7377. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197377
APA StylePasadas, D. J., Barzegar, M., Ribeiro, A. L., & Ramos, H. G. (2022). Locating and Imaging Fiber Breaks in CFRP Using Guided Wave Tomography and Eddy Current Testing. Sensors, 22(19), 7377. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197377