Advances, limitations and prospects of nondestructive testing and evaluation of thick composites and sandwich structures: A state-of-the-art review

W Nsengiyumva, S Zhong, J Lin, Q Zhang, J Zhong… - Composite …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, composite materials have gained popularity in numerous high-tech and
engineering applications, owing to their outstanding physico-mechanical properties. They …

Investigations of defect effect on dynamic compressive failure of 3D circular braided composite tubes with numerical simulation method

T Liu, X Wu, B Sun, W Fan, W Han, H Yi - Thin-Walled Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper numerically investigated the effects of manufacturing defects and braiding angle
on the impact compressive properties of three-dimensional (3D) carbon fiber/epoxy resin …

[HTML][HTML] A review on microwave non-destructive testing (NDT) of composites

MS ur Rahman, MA Abou-Khousa, MF Akbar - Engineering Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dielectric composite materials are ubiquitously used across a wide variety of industries.
Inherent features encompassing immunity against corrosion, light weight and reasonable …

Inspection of thick composites: a comparative study between microwaves, X-ray computed tomography and ultrasonic testing

MSU Rahman, OS Hassan, AA Mustapha… - Nondestructive …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Inspection of thick and low-density multilayer composite structures is of paramount
importance. X-ray computed tomography (CT) and phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) …

Microwave open-ended waveguide for detection and characterisation of FBHs in coated GFRP pipes

R Sutthaweekul, GY Tian, Z Wang, F Ciampa - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Accessing to glass fibre reinforcement plastic (GFRP) pipes in the on-line process is often
limited to one side. To detect an internal defect of coated GFRP pipe, common non …

Visualization and quantitative evaluation of delamination defects in GFRPs via sparse millimeter-wave imaging and image processing

Y Fang, Z Chen, X Yang, R Wang, Y Li, S Xie - NDT & E International, 2024 - Elsevier
Multilayer glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) has broad applications, playing a pivotal
role in various fields including aerospace and wind energy production. These structures may …

Microwaves sensor for wind turbine blade inspection

Z Li, A Haigh, C Soutis, A Gibson, R Sloan - Applied Composite Materials, 2017 - Springer
The structural integrity of wind turbine blades can be adversely affected by their structural
dynamics, temperature extremes, lightning strikes, ultraviolet radiation from sunlight and …

Wind turbine blade structural state evaluation by hybrid object detector relying on deep learning models

D Sarkar, SK Gunturi - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized …, 2021 - Springer
Surveillance drones are remarkable devices for monitoring, as they have strong spatial and
remote sensing capabilities. The prompt detection of peripheral damage to the blades of …

Real-time millimeter-wave imaging for moving targets realized in a sparse array based on InP-HBT MMICs

H Tu, X Pan, L Chen, X Meng, R Hu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Millimeter-wave (MMW) imaging has been widely studied for applications, such as
personnel screening and industrial noninvasive testing; however, real-time MMW imaging …

Millimeter-wave tomographic imaging of composite materials based on phase evaluation

D Meier, T Schwarze, T Link, C Zech… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel data processing algorithm for the generation of tomographic images of composite
materials, based on measurements acquired via frequency-modulated continuous-wave …