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Cure Monitoring of Composite Structure Using Mechanical Impedance Analysis (MIA)

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Very few techniques are sufficiently sensitive and reproducible to be used effectively as an in-process, real-time tool for cure monitoring of composite structures. In conventional cure cycles a fixed cure schedule with temperature monitoring, usually according to the prepreg manufacturer’s instruction, is followed. But these fixed cure cycles do not precisely control the cure conditions of complex integrated structures of which the dimensions are large and variable. This is especially true if the structure contains various prepreg properties and forms. A closed loop feedback control of cure and automation of composite structure production have yet to be realized.

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  1. Materials Engineering Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Alabama, 36849, USA

    Bor Z. Jang & M. Rao

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  1. Industrial Materials Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, Boucherville, Quebec, Canada

    Jean F. Bussière

  2. CANMET, Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Jean-Pierre Monchalin

  3. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Clayton O. Ruud

  4. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Robert E. Green Jr.

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Jang, B.Z., Rao, M. (1987). Cure Monitoring of Composite Structure Using Mechanical Impedance Analysis (MIA). In: Bussière, J.F., Monchalin, JP., Ruud, C.O., Green, R.E. (eds) Nondestructive Characterization of Materials II. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5338-6_4

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