Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Ultrasonic wave propagation in carbon fibre-reinforced plastics

  • Papers
  • Published:
Journal of Materials Science Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The attenuation and velocity of the longitudinal and shear waves in unidirectional carbon/epoxy composites have been measured as a function of the fibre volume fraction over the frequency range, 1.84 to 11.9 MHz, using the pulse-echo technique. The decrease of attenuation with fibre volume fraction suggested that the high attenuation in the composites was caused by viscoelastic losses in the epoxy matrix rather than scattering losses by the fibre. The attenuation increased with frequency, while the velocity was found to be independent of frequency.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. J. D. Achenbach andG. Herrmann,AIAA J. 6 (1968) 1832.

    Google Scholar 

  2. M. Hlavacek,Int. J. Solids Struct. 11 (1975) 199.

    Google Scholar 

  3. S. K. Bose andA. K. Mal ibid. 9 (1973) 1075.

    Google Scholar 

  4. V. K. Varadan, V. V. Varadan andY. H. Pao,J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 63 (1978) 1310.

    Google Scholar 

  5. H. J. Sutherland andR. Lingle,J. Compos. Mater. 6 (1972) 490.

    Google Scholar 

  6. H. J. Sutherland,J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 57 (1975) 870.

    Google Scholar 

  7. J. H. Williams Jr, H. Nayeb-Hashemi andS. S. Lee,J. Non-destructive Eval. 1 (1980) 137.

    Google Scholar 

  8. H. J. Sutherland andR. Lingle,J. Appl. Phys. 43 (1972) 4022.

    Google Scholar 

  9. H. J. Sutherland,Int. J. Solids Struct. 11 (1975) 233.

    Google Scholar 

  10. B. Hartmann andJ. Jarzynski,J. Appl. Phys. 43 (1972) 4304.

    Google Scholar 

  11. A. E. Lord andD. R. Hay,J. Compos. Mater. 6 (1972) 278.

    Google Scholar 

  12. E. G. Henneke II andJ. C. Duke Jr,Mater. Eval. 43 (1985) 740.

    Google Scholar 

  13. R. Truell, C. Elbaum andB. B. Chick, in “Ultrasonic Methods in Solid State Physics” (Academic, New York, 1969) p. 161.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Physics Department, The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 150, Chongyangri, Seoul, Korea

    H. C. Kim & J. M. Park

Authors
  1. H. C. Kim
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. J. M. Park
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kim, H.C., Park, J.M. Ultrasonic wave propagation in carbon fibre-reinforced plastics. J Mater Sci 22, 4536–4540 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01132059

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01132059

Keywords

Search

Navigation