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Synchrotron radiation computed laminography for polymer composite failure studies

Synchrotron radiation computed laminography is applied to the three-dimensional micro-imaging of damage in large polymer composite plates with high spatial resolution. The influence of different experimental conditions is studied with respect to measurement time optimization, dose minimization and r...

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Autores principales: Xu, Feng, Helfen, Lukas, Moffat, Andrew J., Johnson, Gregory, Sinclair, Ian, Baumbach, Tilo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Union of Crystallography 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20157275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0909049510001512
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Sumario:Synchrotron radiation computed laminography is applied to the three-dimensional micro-imaging of damage in large polymer composite plates with high spatial resolution. The influence of different experimental conditions is studied with respect to measurement time optimization, dose minimization and reduction of artefacts in the reconstructed images. Failures like delaminations, transverse ply cracks and splits are observed under in situ loads. The propagation of up to 2 mm-long cracks is non-destructively followed in situ and investigated in detail. By phase retrieval using a single detector distance, the failures can be easily visualized in three dimensions.