NondestructiveTesting in Composite Materials Ⅱ

Light, small, and smart are recurrent terms in the today’s era. A simple and fast way to produce light, small, and smart objects is by using composite materials. In fact, composite materials are made of two basic components; the matrix and the reinforcement which can be modelled to get the desired shape. Thus, composite materials are ever more increasingly employed in many applications, e.g., for the transport industry and the building sector as well for the production of many objects used in daily life. Their success is mainly due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, easy formability, and relatively low cost. However, manufacturing of composites is made through complex processes involving temperature, pressure, chemical reactions, etc. These processes can lead to formation of defects (e.g., porosity, fiber misalignment, slag inclusions, etc.) in the final product. Moreover, the in-service life of the components could be responsible for creating defects and/or degrading the composite. Therefore, effective non-destructive evaluation methods able to discover defects at an incipient stage are necessary either to assure the quality of a composite material prior to putting it into service, or to monitor a composite structure currently in service.

This Special Issue of Applied Sciences on “Nondestructive Testing in Composite Materials” aims to attract contributions covering all the applicable nondestructive testing techniques and the different aspects including testing, data post-processing, and analysis of results. The inspection may be concerned with all types of composites which can be manufactured involving the different types of matrix and reinforcement. The inspection may also regard the different phases of the material life starting from the manufacturing process, going to the final product and then to the health monitoring in service. In particular, papers dealing with integration of techniques and/or with newly developed techniques are welcome.  

Dr. Carosena Meola
Guest Editor

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