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A Brief Overview of Delamination Localization in Laminated Composites

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Inter-ply separation or delamination is a commonly occurring phenomenon in laminated composites that results in substantial loss of structural stiffness and strength without noticeable effects on the surface of the material. This article reviewed different approaches of delamination detection and localization ranging from physical based methods to the recent artificial intelligence-based algorithms. The relative advantages and disadvantages of different approaches are discussed so the readers could decide the appropriate method for their problems of interest. The article also discussed the possible research gaps to be bridged with new research efforts such as synthetic data augmentation, transfer learning, data imbalance, and others. The article will serve as quick yet comprehensive review of different approaches for the detection and localization of delamination in laminated composites.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT)(No. 2020R1A2C1006613) and was also supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) through the International Cooperative R&D program (Project No. P0016173).

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Khan, A., Kim, H.S. A Brief Overview of Delamination Localization in Laminated Composites. Multiscale Sci. Eng. 4, 102–110 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42493-022-00085-w

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