Nondestructive testing and evaluation techniques of defects in fiber-reinforced polymer composites: A review

J Chen, Z Yu, H Jin - Frontiers in Materials, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have excellent mechanical properties and outstanding
development potential and are cost-effective. They have increasingly been used in …

Ultrasonic autofocus imaging of internal voids in multilayer polymer composite structures

K Ji, P Zhao, C Zhuo, M Chen, J Chen, H Jin, S Ye, J Fu - Ultrasonics, 2022 - Elsevier
Multilayer polymer composite structures have been playing important roles in various fields,
but the voids inside are not allowed in most scenarios. Ultrasonic technology has been …

[HTML][HTML] Coded excitation using TOP-CS sequences for multi-channel low-power ultrasonics

C Challinor, N Pearson, F Cegla - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a low-power hardware architecture that facilitates the simultaneous
transmission and reception of ultrasonic signals when using coded excitations for ultrasonic …

Ultrasonic detection and evaluation of delamination defects in carbon fiber composites based on finite element simulation

Z Jing, G Cai, X Yu, B Wang - Composite Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
Delamination defects are prone to occur during the production and use of carbon fiber
composites, which seriously affect the mechanical properties of the material. The production …

Research on defect identification of carbon fiber composite materials based on ultrasonic phased array

Z Jing, G Cai, X Yu, B Wang - Polymer Composites, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is more and more difficult to identify defects in carbon fiber composite materials due to the
difficulty in making defect samples and the single signal analysis method. In order to better …

Enhanced PAUT method with pulse compression for heavy-walled CASSs in nuclear power plants

Y Wu, J Hu, C Pei, F Shi, Z Chen - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Heavy-walled cast austenitic stainless steels (CASSs) are usually used as the primary circuit
pipelines in many nuclear power plants, but detecting the small defects in these materials …

High frequency phased array ultrasonic testing of thermoplastic tensile specimens manufactured by fused filament fabrication with embedded defects

K Fayazbakhsh, F Honarvar, H Amini… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is a popular additive manufacturing process used for
fabrication of polymeric components. In this paper, defects are intentionally designed and …

[HTML][HTML] Application of Golay-based total focusing method using a high-frequency, lead-free, flexible ultrasonic array for inspection of thick non-planar industrial …

E Germano, M Tabatabaeipour, E Mohseni, D Lines… - NDT & E …, 2025 - Elsevier
The compromise between axial resolution and penetration depth in ultrasound imaging
poses a challenge for high-frequency ultrasonic arrays, limiting their ability to effectively …

[PDF][PDF] 高性能聚合物注射成型构件超声相控阵高效成像方法研究

赵朋, 纪凯鹏, 颉俊, 卓超杰, 傅建中 - 机械工程学报, 2022 - qikan.cmes.org
注射成型是高性能聚合物构件成形的最主要手段, 但高性能聚合物的成形温度高且导热性差,
非均匀壁厚构件常因收缩不一致而产生内部缩孔缺陷, 显著影响构件性能 …

[HTML][HTML] Pulse compression with and without matched filtering: Why codes beat chirps

C Challinor, F Cegla - NDT & E International, 2024 - Elsevier
Pulse compression based excitation signals have been shown to improve signal quality in
many active ranging applications without negatively impacting range resolution. Most prior …