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Philosophy for nondestructive testing of fiber composites

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7100561· OSTI ID:7100561
A discussion of a nondestructive testing philosophy for fiber composites is presented. The position is taken that the nondestructive test indications must be quantitatively correlated to the required engineering performance properties of the composite article. The currently unknown defect strcture in many fiber composites is discussed with respect to nondestructive testing. A few examples from the literature of the above described quantitative nondestructive testing of fiber composites are presented from the fields of acoustic emission and ultrasonics.
Research Organization:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
7100561
Report Number(s):
UCID-17454
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English