Exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre composites for low-cost inspection and orientations analysis

This work focusses on understanding and exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites for the non-destructive determination of fibre orientation and surface defects. By taking a series of images under different lighting conditions, fibre reflections have...

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Main Authors: Pierce, Robert S, Liu, Xiaoling
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61346/
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description This work focusses on understanding and exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites for the non-destructive determination of fibre orientation and surface defects. By taking a series of images under different lighting conditions, fibre reflections have been isolated and MATLAB image analysis has been used to calculate the fibre orientations across the surface of the composite. An average peak method has been developed and validated against manual orientation measurements for two different applications: a machined scarf repair surface and a discontinuous fibre composite. The same experimental method and analysis code showed good results for both cases without modification, when at least 16 images with different directional lighting conditions are used. Hence, this low-cost approach can be applied to a diverse range of quality assurance and research applications where fibre orientations or other surface details need to be characterised. © The Author(s) 2020.
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spelling nottingham-613462020-08-19T07:38:33Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61346/ Exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre composites for low-cost inspection and orientations analysis Pierce, Robert S Liu, Xiaoling This work focusses on understanding and exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites for the non-destructive determination of fibre orientation and surface defects. By taking a series of images under different lighting conditions, fibre reflections have been isolated and MATLAB image analysis has been used to calculate the fibre orientations across the surface of the composite. An average peak method has been developed and validated against manual orientation measurements for two different applications: a machined scarf repair surface and a discontinuous fibre composite. The same experimental method and analysis code showed good results for both cases without modification, when at least 16 images with different directional lighting conditions are used. Hence, this low-cost approach can be applied to a diverse range of quality assurance and research applications where fibre orientations or other surface details need to be characterised. © The Author(s) 2020. 2020-12-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61346/1/ilovepdf_merged%20%289%29.pdf Pierce, Robert S and Liu, Xiaoling (2020) Exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre composites for low-cost inspection and orientations analysis. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 39 (23-24). pp. 869-879. ISSN 0731-6844 Inspection; Repair; Quality Assurance; SMC. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0731684420934868 doi:10.1177/0731684420934868 doi:10.1177/0731684420934868
spellingShingle Inspection; Repair; Quality Assurance; SMC.
Pierce, Robert S
Liu, Xiaoling
Exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre composites for low-cost inspection and orientations analysis
title Exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre composites for low-cost inspection and orientations analysis
title_full Exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre composites for low-cost inspection and orientations analysis
title_fullStr Exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre composites for low-cost inspection and orientations analysis
title_full_unstemmed Exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre composites for low-cost inspection and orientations analysis
title_short Exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre composites for low-cost inspection and orientations analysis
title_sort exploiting the optical reflectance behaviour of carbon fibre composites for low-cost inspection and orientations analysis
topic Inspection; Repair; Quality Assurance; SMC.
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