INVESTIGATION OF KNITTED FABRIC REINFORCED GF/PP COMPOSITES BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION AND INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY

Authors

  • Tibor Czigány
  • András Németh
  • István Elinger

Abstract

The damage zones in three different knitted glass-fabric (GF) reinforced polypropylenes (PP) were studied on SEN-T specimens simultaneously by acoustic emission (AE) and infrared thermography (IT). The composites have different fiber contents and additives. The fracture toughness, the size of damage zone and the acoustic events were measured and calculated. The results showed that the effect of additives was bigger than the increase of the fiber content.

Keywords:

knitted fabric, glass fiber, polypropylene (PP), acoustic, emission, infrared thermography, fiber content, additive

How to Cite

Czigány, T., Németh, A., Elinger, I. “INVESTIGATION OF KNITTED FABRIC REINFORCED GF/PP COMPOSITES BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION AND INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY”, Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering, 45(2), pp. 165–174, 2001.

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 2 (2001)

Section

Articles