Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
254400 Composite Structures 2006 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

This paper presents an approach to detect surface cracks in various composite laminates. Carbon/epoxy composite AS4/PEEK was used to fabricate laminated plates, [0]16, [90]16, [(0/90)4]S and [±45/0/90]2S. Surface crack damage was created on one side of the plate using a laser cutting machine. Modal analysis was performed to obtain the mode shapes from both experimental and finite element analysis results. The mode shapes were then used to calculate strain energy using the differential quadrature method (DQM). Consequently, the strain energies of laminated plates before and after damaged were used to define a damage index which successfully identified the surface crack location.

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