THERMOELASTIC STRESS ANALYSIS FOR DETECTING WRINKLES AND ASSOCIATED RESIN POCKETS IN POLYMER COMPOSITES
Journal: Challenge Journal of Structural Mechanics (Vol.2, No. 4)Publication Date: 2016-12-20
Authors : Rani Elhajjar; Rami Haj-Ali;
Page : 246-247
Keywords : thermoelasticity; experimental stress analysis; effects of defects; composites;
Abstract
A thermos elastic stress analysis method is proposed consisting of an array of infrared measurement sensors used for evaluation the wrinkling defects and associated resin pockets in a fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite structure. Wrinkling or fiber waviness defects results when out of plane distortions occur in some or all of the composite layers of the laminate. The wrinkles result in significant reductions of mechanical properties in the composite structure. The method involves instrumentation and device for application of internal energy in the material such as transient or cyclic mechanical excitations. These external excitations are induced in a prescribed or measurable cyclic or transient function of time. Infrared measurements from the surface of the composite are synchronized with the applied excitation energy. The results are used to provide for a map detailing the inner wrinkle defects and associated resin pockets in the laminated composite structure.
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