Conclusions
In this study an experimental quantitative NDE procedure is presented to measure the elastic stiffness constants using a circular aperture technique. The results for a unidirectional glass/PET reinforced composite are compared with results from destructive mechanical experiments and good agreement is found.
The results indicate that material characterization may be substantially improved through the use of the proposed method and that this method may be used to determine the elastic constants of orthotropic fiber reinforced composites in general.
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Arnfred Nielsen, S., Toftegaard, H., Brøndsted, P. (2002). An Ultrasonic Circular Aperture Technique to Measure Elastic Constants of Fiber Reinforced Composite. In: Lee, H. (eds) Acoustical Imaging. Acoustical Imaging, vol 24. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47108-6_31
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