Impact on the mechanical integrity of carbon fibre reinforced composite plates incorporating embedded piezoceramic transducers

A. Gachagan, B. Hailu, A. McNab, W. Lang, J. Hendry, G. Hayward, W. Banks

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Abstract

This paper describes the integration of piezoelectric ceramic transducers within a carbon fibre reinforced polymer composite plate for the generation of a pure, zeroth order symmetric ultrasonic Lamb wave. The lateral dimensions of the transducers were in the order of 5mm - 12mm, which were considered suitable for practical embedding purposes. The composite plate configuration used throughout is an uni-directional structure, with the transducer embedded exactly within the centre. The mechanical integrity of composite plates was measured through both conventional c-scans and four point flexural tests. Importantly, degradation of the flexural modulus is shown to be less than 10% for the embedded transducer configuration. Finally, the transducer was observed to continue operating in pulse-echo mode when a load in excess of 3500N was applied to the plate structure.
Original languageEnglish
Pages867-874
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2003
Event30th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation - Green Bay, United States
Duration: 27 Jul 20031 Aug 2003

Conference

Conference30th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityGreen Bay
Period27/07/031/08/03

Keywords

  • impact
  • mechanical integrity
  • carbon fibre
  • reinforced composite plates
  • embedded piezoceramic transducers
  • mechanical strength
  • embedded systems
  • piezoelectric transducers
  • nondestructive testing
  • plates (structures)
  • carbon fibre reinforced composites
  • composite materials

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