Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites ›› 2017, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (4): 70-74.

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ULTRASONIC CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF MACRO DEFECTS IN RTM CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES

LU Ming-hui1,WANG Jun-dong1*,ZHANG Yi-ping1,LI Pei-rui2   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University 330063, China;
    2.Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industry Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330024, China
  • Received:2016-10-28 Online:2017-04-28 Published:2017-04-28

Abstract: The research object of this paper is RTM carbon fiber composite material. The ultrasonic characteristic scanning system is used to detect a large number of samples. Theoretically, the reflection characteristics of ultrasonic wave will vary with the type of macro defects. In this paper, the reflection characteristics of each defect are analyzed theoretically. Then, different macroscopic natural defects are found out, and the image characteristics of each defect are summarized. Then, the samples were cut into pieces and polished by destructive method, and the morphological characteristics of different defects were observed by microscope. The results show that the ultrasonic characteristic scanning system can detect and distinguish different macroscopic defects, and the morphological features of different types of defects are different by observing the metallographic diagram of defects, which provides a feasible method for the macroscopic defect detection and morphology study of RTM carbon fiber composite.

Key words: RTM, macroscopic defect, morphology features

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