In recent years, ultrasonic methods have been developed that can measure the mechanical stiffness of composites. The Lamb wave velocity is directly related to the material parameters, so an effective method exists to ascertain the stiffness of composites by measuring the velocity of the waves. In this study, a Lamb wave measurement system was used to measure the bending and out-of-plane stiffness coefficients of thermoset composite laminates undergoing thermal-mechanical loading. A series of 16 ply and 32 ply composite laminates were subjected to thermal-mechanical fatigue (TMF) in load frames equipped with special environmental chambers. The composite system studied was a graphite fiber-reinforced bismaleimide thermoset, IM7/5260. The samples were subjected to both high and low temperature profiles as well as high-strain and low-strain profiles. The bending and out-of-plane stiffness for composite samples that have undergone over 6000 cycles of combined thermal and mechanical fatigue are reported. The Lamb wave generated elastic stiffness results have shown decreases of up to 64 % at 4706 cycles for samples subjected to TMF at high temperatures and less than a 10 % decrease at over 6000 cycles for samples subjected to TMF at low temperatures.


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    Title :

    Ultrasonic measurements of stiffness in thermal-mechanically fatigued IM7/5260 composites


    Additional title:

    Ultraschallbestimmung der Steifigkeit in thermisch-mechanisch ermüdeten IM7/5260 Verbundwerkstoffen


    Contributors:
    Seale, M.D. (author) / Madaras, E.I. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 13 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 22 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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