The effect of attenuation on the identification of impact damage in CFRP laminates

• Main Authors: Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq, Barthorpe, Robert, Worden, Keith, Eaton, Mark, Pullin, Rhys, Holford, Karen
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33827/; http://www.ndt.net/article/ewshm2012/papers/th2d4.pdf

The subject of this study is the identification of impact damage in composite materials on the basis of response-only measurements. Low velocity impact events can lead to barely visible damage in composite structures which if left undetected can lead to degradation of performance and, in the wors...