548 Static and fatigue damage characterization of carbon/epoxy angle-ply laminates with the use of acoustic emission and online microscopy

¹ Department of Mechanics of Materials and Constructions, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), BE-1050 Brussels, Belgium
² SIM M3 Program, Technologiepark 935, B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium

Published: 14 May 2018 by MDPI in The Eighteenth International Conference of Experimental Mechanics session ICEM 2018

https://doi.org/10.3390/ICEM18-05220

Abstract:

In the current work, a combined non destructive methodology is proposed in order to investigate the static and fatigue damage of carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composites. Flat angle-ply laminates are used in order to examine the influence of multiaxial stress states on the mechanical performance using different non destructive techniques. Acoustic emission is combined with an online microscope and digital image correlation and this combination is used to comprehend the performance of composites with unequal stress states.

Keywords: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites; Non Destructive Techniques; Acoustic Emission; Fatigue; Damage Investigation; Multiaxiality

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