A Novel Composite with Structural Health Monitoring Functionality via 2D and 3D Impedance Mapping Topography

Autor: Alkiviadis S. Paipetis, Georgios Foteinidis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences
Volume 11
Issue 4
Applied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 1647, p 1647 (2021)
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app11041647
Popis: We report the transformation of a conventional composite material into a multifunctional structure able to provide information about its structural integrity. A purposely positioned grid of carbon fabric strips located within a glass fibre laminate in alternating 0/90 configuration combined with a ternary nanomodified epoxy matrix imparted structural health monitoring (SHM) topographic capabilities to the composite using the impedance spectroscopy (IS) technique. The matrix was reinforced with homogenously dispersed multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and carbon black (CB). A sinusoidal electric field was applied locally over a frequency range from 1 Hz to 100 kHz between the junction points of the grid of carbon fabric strips. The proposed design enabled topographic damage assessment after a high-velocity impact via the local monitoring of the impedance. The data obtained from the IS measurements were depicted by magnitude and phase delay Bode plots and Nyquist plots. The impedance values were used to create a 2D and a multi-layer (3D) contour topographical image of the damaged area, which revealed crucial information about the structural integrity of the composite.
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