This paper introduces novel structural health monitoring (SHM) sensors to improve the detection of low energy impact damage in laminated composites. The sensor is a purposely designed thin-ply hybrid composite, composed of a layer of unidirectional S-glass/epoxy and another layer of unidirectional ultra-high modulus (UHM) carbon/epoxy. The sensor was incorporated onto both the impacted face and back of a substrate plate made from unidirectional T800 carbon/MTM49-3 epoxy prepregs with the stacking sequence of [45/0/90/-45]4S. A series of drop tower tests were conducted on the composite plates with and without the attached hybrid sensing layer, with two different in-plane dimensions and varying energy levels ranging from 3 J to 124 J. The res...
Accidental damages caused by low velocity impact events such as tool drop is a source of concern for...
The development of composite materials has been following a growing trend, with its use ranging from...
This study presents a comprehensive review of the history of research and development of different d...
This paper introduces novel structural health monitoring (SHM) sensors to improve the detection of l...
This paper aims to study the feasibility of smart thin-ply hybrid glass/carbon sensors in quasi-stat...
A novel, purpose-designed, thin interlayer glass/carbon-epoxy hybrid composite sensor concept is pre...
A purpose-designed, thin-ply interlayer glass/carbon hybrid composite overload sensor concept is pre...
Barely visible impact damage (BVID) may decrease by up to 60% compressive strength of laminates comp...
Over the past few decades there have been many breakthroughs in the development of smart materials a...
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Composite materials are widely used in various structural applications due to their low density, hig...
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is the process of collecting, interpreting, and analysing data fr...
Real-time monitoring of structural integrity is an important challenge. This article presents the re...
This study investigates the possibility of barely visible impact damage detection in carbon fibre-re...
The effect of low energy impacts can seriously impair the operational life span of composites in the...
Accidental damages caused by low velocity impact events such as tool drop is a source of concern for...
The development of composite materials has been following a growing trend, with its use ranging from...
This study presents a comprehensive review of the history of research and development of different d...
This paper introduces novel structural health monitoring (SHM) sensors to improve the detection of l...
This paper aims to study the feasibility of smart thin-ply hybrid glass/carbon sensors in quasi-stat...
A novel, purpose-designed, thin interlayer glass/carbon-epoxy hybrid composite sensor concept is pre...
A purpose-designed, thin-ply interlayer glass/carbon hybrid composite overload sensor concept is pre...
Barely visible impact damage (BVID) may decrease by up to 60% compressive strength of laminates comp...
Over the past few decades there have been many breakthroughs in the development of smart materials a...
© 2017 Tech Science Press. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution License ...
Composite materials are widely used in various structural applications due to their low density, hig...
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is the process of collecting, interpreting, and analysing data fr...
Real-time monitoring of structural integrity is an important challenge. This article presents the re...
This study investigates the possibility of barely visible impact damage detection in carbon fibre-re...
The effect of low energy impacts can seriously impair the operational life span of composites in the...
Accidental damages caused by low velocity impact events such as tool drop is a source of concern for...
The development of composite materials has been following a growing trend, with its use ranging from...
This study presents a comprehensive review of the history of research and development of different d...