Offshore wind turbines are subjected to highly-varying dynamic loadings and accelerated
material degradation, resulting in the need for structural health monitoring, which increases …

Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have excellent mechanical properties and outstanding
development potential and are cost-effective. They have increasingly been used in …

The composites patch is an effective method to repair metal and composite parts while
keeping the weight of repaired structures almost constant. This review focuses on the …

Inspection of thin and multi-depth delamination and foreign inclusion defects inside glass
fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites is a challenge for traditional non-destructive …

Impact behavior of the carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) is still actual issue despite
long history of laminate application and investigation of impact resistance. Expansion of …

Non-destructive testing (NDT) of aerospace structures has gained significant interest, given
its non-destructive and economic inspection nature enabling future sustainable aerospace …

Inspection of thick and low-density multilayer composite structures is of paramount
importance. X-ray computed tomography (CT) and phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) …

In this paper, the authors focused on an investigation of an influence of impact energy and
type of impacting tip on the resulting damage and its propagation under repeated impact …

Ballast impacts can initiate surface defects that cause abrupt failure of the axle and
derailment of the railway vehicle. According to the Federal Railroad Administration the axle …

Traditional inspection methods often fall short in detecting defects or damage in fibre-
reinforced polymer (FRP) composite structures, which can compromise their performance …