Article
Ultrasonic testing of adhesive bonds of thick composites with applications to wind turbine blades
Center for Nondestructive Evaluation Conference Papers, Posters and Presentations
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Conference
Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation
Publication Date
7-1-2011
Geolocation
(44.4758825, -73.212072)
Abstract
This paper discusses the use of pulse echo based ultrasonic testing for the inspection of adhesive bonds between very thick composite plates (thickness greater than 30 mm). Large wind turbine blades use very thick composite plates for its main structural members, and the inspection of adhesive bond-line is very vital. A wide gamut of samples was created by changing the thickness of plate and the adhesive. The influence of experimental parameters such as frequency on measurement is studied in this paper. Two different frequencies are chosen, and the measurement error bars are determined experimentally. T-Ray measurements were used to verify and correct results, and conclusions are made based on the combined results.
Copyright Owner
American Institute of Physics
Copyright Date
2012
Language
en
Citation Information
Sunil Kishore Chakrapani, Vinay Dayal, Ryan Krafka and Aaron Eldal. "Ultrasonic testing of adhesive bonds of thick composites with applications to wind turbine blades" Burlington, VT(2011) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sunilkishore_chakrapani/5/
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This article appeared in AIP Conference Proceedings 1430 (2012): 1284–1290 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4716366.