Acoustic emission based monitoring of cut-out geometry effects in carbon/epoxy laminates under uni-axial compression

Jefferson Andrew, Vellayaraj Arumugam, Adhithya Plato Sidharth, Benny Thomas

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    Abstract

    In this paper, symmetric cross ply CFRP laminates were fabricated using hand layup with LY556 epoxy resin as matrix and the specimens were cut without cut-out, with circular, vertical elliptical and horizontal elliptical cut-outs according to the ASTM D 7137 standard using water jet cutting. The CFRP specimens with and without cut-outs were subjected to compression under controlled condition accompanied by acoustic emission (AE) monitoring. The ultimate compressive strength for specimens with and without cut-outs were determined and compared. The optimum cut-out with lesser reduction in compressive strength was determined. The nature and dominance of different failure modes in each type of cut-out were investigated using AE. Finally the result gives useful information about improved design of laminated composites with cut-outs suitable for different applications.

    Original languageBritish English
    Pages (from-to)17-23
    Number of pages7
    JournalInternational Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems
    Volume6
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2014

    Keywords

    • Acoustic emission
    • CFRP
    • Compression test
    • Cut-outs
    • Peak frequency analysis

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