Failure Mode Analysis of Carbon Fiber Composite Laminates by Acoustic Emission Signals

Autor: Xinye Liu, Xinyue Yao, Jinhui Cai, Jiusun Zeng, Wingkong Chiu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol 2021 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1687-8434
1687-8442
DOI: 10.1155/2021/6611868
Popis: Composite laminates have complex failure modes. In order to investigate the evolution of failure in the composite laminates, this paper performed an experimental study on four laminates with different layups using acoustic emission (AE) technique. Two different kinds of defects are imposed on the laminates, including a hole and a crack in the center. Tensile and bending tests are performed on the defective laminates and real-time AE signals are collected. By analyzing the spectrograms of the obtained AE signals and integrating with the dispersion curves, the evolution of failure modes for different laminates can be observed. The tests show that the defects cause multiple failure modes, which change gradually during the experiments. It is also revealed that laminates with different layups have different failure modes. More specifically, the stacking order of different plies has a greater impact on the occurrence of delamination and fiber fracture than matrix crack. The tentative research shows that there is great potential for improving the performance of the composite laminates by careful selection of ply layups.
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