Studies of the fracture process in composite structural elements based on strain measurements and the acoustic-emission technique

Author: Ser’eznov A.   Stepanova L.   Lebedev E.   Chaplygin V.   Katarushkin S.   Kozhemyakin V.  

Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

ISSN: 1061-8309

Source: Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing, Vol.40, Iss.9, 2004-09, pp. : 580-586

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Abstract

The results of cyclic tests of structural elements (SEs) with a stringer, which are made of the composite material (CM) Organit-10T and are parts of an aileron from an ë-80ΓΠ aircraft, are considered. As SEs are broken, information is obtained simultaneously from acoustic-emission (AE) and tensometric equipment and measurements of the fatigue crack’s opening are carried out. An insignificant increase (by 0.25 µm) of the crack opening generates a considerable flow of AE signals. These signals are processed using cluster analysis, which makes it possible to separate the signals emitted by a propagating fatigue crack in the stringer region from the signals arriving from the region of the fracturing gripping jaw.

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