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On Fiber Orientation Characterization of CERP Laminate Layups Using Ultrasonic Azimuthal Scanners  

Im Kwang-Hee (Department of Automotive Eng., Woosuk University)
Hsu, David K. (Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Iowa State University)
Sim Jae-Gi (Factory Automation Research Center for Parts of Vehicles and School of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University)
Yang, In-Young (Factory Automation Research Center for Parts of Vehicles and School of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University)
Song, Sung-Jin (Factory Automation Research Center for Parts of Vehicles and School of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing / v.23, no.6, 2003 , pp. 566-576 More about this Journal
Abstract
Carbon-fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) composite laminates often possess strong in-plane elastic anisotropy attributable to the fiber orientation and layup sequence. The layup orientation thus greatly influences its properties in a composite laminate. It could result in the part being rejected or discarded if the layup orientation of a ply is misaligned. A nondestructive technique would be very beneficial, which could be used to test the part after curing and to require less time than the optical test. In this paper, ultrasonic scanners were set out for different measurement modalities for acquiring ultrasonic signals as a function of in-plane azimuthal angle. The motorized scanner was built first for making transmission measurements using a pair of normal-incidence shear wave transducers. Another scanner was then built fer the acousto-ultrasonic configuration using contact transducers. A ply-by-ply vector decomposition model has been developed, simplified, and implemented for composite laminates fabricated from unidirectional plies. We have compared the test results with model data. It is found that strong agreement are shown between tests and the model developed in characterizing cured layups of the laminates.
Keywords
carbon-fiber; reinforced plastics (CFRP); fiber orientation; ply-by-ply vector model; defect angle; azimuthal scanner;
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