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IMECE2011-63882
Fereidoon Delfanian
South Dakota State University
Department of Mechanical
Engineering, METLAB
Brookings, SD, USA
Fereidoon.Delfanian@sdstate.edu
Figure 19: Duration vs. count plots for SC specimen1 (a) sensor 1 (b)
sensor 3 (c) sensor 2 and (d) sensor 4 when loaded to 25kN.
Figure 16: (a) Load vs. displacement (b) stress vs. strain for a typical
SC specimen loaded to failure
Figure 20: AECC and amplitude vs. load plots for SC specimen1 (a)
sensor 1 (b) sensor 3 (c) sensor 2 and (d) sensor 4 when
loaded to 35kN
Figure 17: AECC and amplitude vs. load plots for SC specimen1 (a)
sensor 1 (b) sensor 3 (c) sensor 2 and (d) sensor 4 when
loaded to 25kN.
Figure 21: Duration vs. amplitude plots for SC specimen 1 (a) sensor 1
(b) sensor 3 (c) sensor 2 and (d) sensor 4 when loaded to 35kN
Figure 18: Duration vs. amplitude plots for SC specimen1 (a) sensor 1
(b) sensor 3 (c) sensor 2 and (d) sensor 4 when loaded to 25kN.
Figure 22: Duration vs. count plots for SC specimen 1(a) sensor 1 (b)
sensor 3 (c) sensor 2 and (d) sensor 4 when loaded to 35kN.
Figure 31: Duration vs. amplitude plots for SCS specimen 1 (a) sensor
1 (b) sensor 3 (c) sensor 2 and (d) sensor 4 when loaded to failure.
Figure 27: AECC and amplitude vs. load plots for SCS specimen1 (a)
sensor 1 (b) sensor 3 (c) sensor 2 and (d) sensor 4 when loaded to
35kN.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Mr. Sunil Macwan for helping with the testing and operating
the universal test machine. Research was sponsored by Benet
Laboratories on behalf of the US Army Contracting Command
Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center and was
Figure 32: Duration vs. count plots for SCS specimen 1(a) sensor 1 (b)
sensor 3 (c) sensor 2 and (d) sensor 4 when loaded to failure.
accomplished under Cooperative Agreement Number
W15QKN-09-2-2-0002. The views and conclusions contained
in this document are those of the authors and should not be
CONCLUSION
The results and comparison of AE monitoring of the SC interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed
and SCS built-up sections and the steel and CFRP specimen or implied, of Benet Laboratories or the U.S. Government. The
tests were presented. The AE signals from the sensors placed on U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute
reprints for Government purposes notwithstanding any
the CFRP sections of the SC and SCS specimens were
copyright notation heron.
compared to the signals from the steel specimens, and it was
found that damage such as plastic deformation of the steel had
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