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NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION AND STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF CFRP WITH HEAT DAMAGE

JIN WOOK KIM

Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, 66 Sangnam, Changwon, 641-010, Korea

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YOUNG UN KIM

Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology, 2-16 Namhang, Youngdo-gu, Busan, 606-030, Korea

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CHANG KWON MOON

Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Pukyong National University, 100 Yongdang Nam-gu, Busan, 608-739, Korea

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SEOK HWAN AHN

College of Engineering, Pukyong National University, 100 Yongdang, Nam-gu, Busan, 608-739, Korea

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KI WOO NAM

Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Pukyong National University, 100 Yongdang Nam-gu, Busan, 608-739, Korea

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979206041239Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

In this study, the heat-damage process of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) under monotonic tensile loading was characterized by acoustic emission. Additionally, epoxy specimens and prepreg specimens were used to determine the characteristics of acoustic emission (AE) signals of epoxy and fiber, respectively. The AE characteristics of CFRP showed three types of distinct frequency regions. Time-frequency analysis methods were employed for the analysis of fracture mechanisms in CFRP such as matrix cracking, debonding and fiber fracture. To evaluate the cumulative counts of AE signals, it seems that the results can be applied usefully to guarantee structural integrity and/or to the survey of destruction of the structure with heat-damage, that was made to the composite materials.

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