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Title: Fiber and bundle orientations, matrix rich regions, and mechanical properties of fiber reinforced composites using thermal digital image correlation

Abstract

Methods for assessing fiber and bundle orientations and mechanical properties of fiber reinforced composite materials using Thermal Digital Image Correlation (TDIC) are disclosed. In some examples, the method comprises exposing the composite material to a temperature change; imaging the composite material at a plurality of time points before, during and/or after the temperature change; and assessing the characteristic of the composite material based on the imaging. In others, temperature changes naturally occur during the cooling process after manufacturing can be employed for this method such as compression molding process, injection molding process, resin transfer molding processes and its variants.

Inventors:
;
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1925066
Patent Number(s):
11435486
Application Number:
16/562,108
Assignee:
University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0006926
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 09/05/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Penumadu, Dayakar, and Kant, Matthew Erich. Fiber and bundle orientations, matrix rich regions, and mechanical properties of fiber reinforced composites using thermal digital image correlation. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Penumadu, Dayakar, & Kant, Matthew Erich. Fiber and bundle orientations, matrix rich regions, and mechanical properties of fiber reinforced composites using thermal digital image correlation. United States.
Penumadu, Dayakar, and Kant, Matthew Erich. Tue . "Fiber and bundle orientations, matrix rich regions, and mechanical properties of fiber reinforced composites using thermal digital image correlation". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1925066.
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