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Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Mode I Delamination in Glass/Polyester Composites

Non-destructive Testing Lab., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ahmadin{at}aut.ac.ir.

	Abstract

This article proposes an experimental study on the mode I interlaminar fracture of glass/polyester composites by using acoustic emission (AE) to analyze the damage evolution and evaluate the interlaminar performance of polymeric composites. A delamination process simulated with a double cantilever beam in opening mode (Mode I) coupled with an AE technique has been employed. The microscopic observation (scanning electron microscopy) is used to determine the correlation between different fracture mechanisms and their corresponding AE signal frequency content. Selected emissions are classified as matrix cracking, fiber breakage, or interface processes (fiber–matrix debonding) based on their total power in defined frequency intervals of the spectral power density. A correlation was established between the mechanical energy release rate and the AE energy rate. Analysis in the frequency domain shows AE parameters are powerful indicators of the intensity of the damage.

First published on October 20, 2009
Journal of Composite Materials 2009, doi:10.1177/0021998309349553


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