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Determination of Crack Surface Orientation in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers by Measuring Electromagnetic Emission

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Electromagnetic emission (EME) generated by fracture of carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) is studied. The fracture is induced to cross-ply CFRP by mechanical loading in a three-point bending configuration. An EME acquisition set-up operating on the principle of capacitive coupling is used to measure the low frequency (kHz-MHz range) electric field whose generation is attributed to the charge redistribution accompanying the fracture processes. Multiple, differently oriented EME sensors, for the simultaneous EME measurement with different source-sensor orientations, were applied to account for the directionality of the EME sources and their generated electric fields. A method to deduce the crack orientation based on the emitted EME field’s directionality is proposed. A comparison between the angles of the EME sources obtained by this method and the actual crack surface orientations as determined by computed tomography is made.

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This research is funded by the DFG as part of the project “Relation of electromagnetic and acoustic emission to temporal and spatial crack motion on a microscopic scale in polymers and carbon fibres”.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Experimentalphysik II, University of Augsburg, Universitätsstrasse 1, 86159, Augsburg, Germany

    S. O. Gade & B. B. Alaca

  2. Institute for Materials Resource Management, Mechanical Engineering, University of Augsburg, Universitätsstrasse 1, 86159, Augsburg, Germany

    M. G. R. Sause

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Gade, S.O., Alaca, B.B. & Sause, M.G.R. Determination of Crack Surface Orientation in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers by Measuring Electromagnetic Emission. J Nondestruct Eval 36, 21 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-017-0403-y

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