Thermoelastic Assessment of Damage Growth in Composites

A BS TRA C T This paper examines, experimentally and numerically, the use of thermal emission measurements as a means of assessing severity of damage and monitoring damage growth in composite materials. In contrast to most traditional methods the thermal emission profile reflects the interaction of load, geometry, material and damage in a non-destructive fashion. It represents a possible method for the scaling of test data, obtained from coupon tests, to tests on full scale structures.

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