Journal Published Online: 01 December 1984
Volume 6, Issue 4

Fracture Modes Identification of Composite Materials by Acoustic Emission Analysis

CODEN: JCTRER

Abstract

Acoustic emission technique was used to monitor the failure modes of multidirectional composite laminates when loaded to 30% of their ultimate. It is shown that each failure mode, that is, fiber fracture, in-plane cracking, and interlaminar cracking, has a different amplitude function when it is presented by normalized parameters. But the discrimination between in-plane matrix cracking and interlaminar matrix cracking is not clear, and another tool is used to discriminate between them, the variation of ring-down period with pulse length. Penny shape artificial delamination also produces unique amplitude distribution that has a smaller slope than the amplitude distribution from free-edge delamination.

Author Information

Rotem, A
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Pages: 14
Price: $25.00
Related
Reprints and Permissions
Reprints and copyright permissions can be requested through the
Copyright Clearance Center
Details
Stock #: CTR10836J
ISSN: 0884-6804
DOI: 10.1520/CTR10836J