Non-destructive investigation of thermoplastic reinforced composites

Hassen, Ahmed; Taheri, Hossein; Vaidya, Uday

doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.05.006

Non-destructive investigation of thermoplastic reinforced composites

Journal Article · Mon May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Composites. Part B, Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.05.006· OSTI ID:1254791

Hassen, Ahmed ^[1]; Taheri, Hossein ^[2]; Vaidya, Uday ^[3]

Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

This paper studies various manufacturing defects in glass fiber/Polypropylene (PP) composite parts and their methods of detection. Foreign Object Inclusion (FOI) of different shapes, sizes, and materials were placed in a glass fiber/PP panel made by compression molding. The paper aims to characterize the fiber orientation and fiber related defects such as fiber waviness in the composite specimen. Comprehensive investigation for different Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE) techniques, namely X-ray radiography and Ultrasonic Testing (UT) techniques to trace and characterize the embedded defects and the composite texture are presented. Conventional X-ray radiography successfully identified the fiber orientation in two dimension (2-D) plane; however, information for the sample depth was not captured. The radiography techniques showed low relative errors for the defect size measurements (maximum error was below 9.5%) when compared to the ultrasonic techniques. Ultrasonic techniques were able to map all the embedded artificial defects. Phase Array (PA) ultrasonic technique was able to precisely locate the FOI in the glass fiber/PP specimen. Nerveless, the shape and size of the defects were not accurately determined due to the high signal attenuation and distortion characteristics of the E-glass fiber.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1254791

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1326439

Journal Information:: Composites. Part B, Engineering, Journal Name: Composites. Part B, Engineering Vol. 97; ISSN 1359-8368

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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