Version 1
: Received: 20 December 2019 / Approved: 22 December 2019 / Online: 22 December 2019 (10:55:03 CET)
Version 2
: Received: 12 August 2020 / Approved: 20 August 2020 / Online: 20 August 2020 (04:05:00 CEST)
Version 3
: Received: 4 November 2020 / Approved: 4 November 2020 / Online: 4 November 2020 (10:17:19 CET)
How to cite:
Alves, C.; Oliveira, J.; Tannus, A.; Tarpani, A.; Tarpani, J. Detection and Imaging of Damages and Defects in Fibre-Reinforced Composites by Resonance Magnetic Technique. Preprints2019, 2019120295
Alves, C.; Oliveira, J.; Tannus, A.; Tarpani, A.; Tarpani, J. Detection and Imaging of Damages and Defects in Fibre-Reinforced Composites by Resonance Magnetic Technique. Preprints 2019, 2019120295
Alves, C.; Oliveira, J.; Tannus, A.; Tarpani, A.; Tarpani, J. Detection and Imaging of Damages and Defects in Fibre-Reinforced Composites by Resonance Magnetic Technique. Preprints2019, 2019120295
APA Style
Alves, C., Oliveira, J., Tannus, A., Tarpani, A., & Tarpani, J. (2020). Detection and Imaging of Damages and Defects in Fibre-Reinforced Composites by Resonance Magnetic Technique. Preprints. https://doi.org/
Chicago/Turabian Style
Alves, C., Alessandra Tarpani and José Tarpani. 2020 "Detection and Imaging of Damages and Defects in Fibre-Reinforced Composites by Resonance Magnetic Technique" Preprints. https://doi.org/
Abstract
Defectively manufactured and deliberately damaged composite laminates fabricated with different continuous reinforcing fibres (respectively, carbon and glass) and polymer matrices (respectively, thermoset and thermoplastic) were inspected in magnetic resonance imaging equipment. Two pulse sequences were evaluated during non-destructive examination conducted in saline solution-immersed samples to simulate load-bearing orthopaedic implants permanently in contact with biofluids. The orientation, positioning, shape, and especially the size of translaminar and delamination fractures were determined according to stringent structural assessment criteria. The spatial distribution, shape, and contours of water-filled voids were sufficiently delineated to infer the amount of absorbed water if thinner image slices than this study were used. The surface texture of composite specimens featuring roughness, waviness, indentation, crushing, and scratches was outlined, with fortuitous artefacts not impairing the image quality and interpretation. Low electromagnetic shielding glass fibres delivered the highest, while electrically conductive carbon fibres produced the poorest quality images, particularly when blended with thermoplastic polymer, though reliable image interpretation was still attainable.
Keywords
damage and defect assessment; magnetic resonance imaging; polymer matrix composite
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Polymers and Plastics
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Commenter: José Tarpani
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author