| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N38572/01 |
| Title: |
ROPA: LOW-COST-IN-SITU DAMAGE INSPECTION OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPONENTS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Nurse, Dr A |
| Other Investigators: |
|
| Researcher Co-Investigators: |
|
| Project Partners: |
|
| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Loughborough University |
| Scheme: |
ROPA |
| Starts: |
01 February 2001 |
Ends: |
31 January 2002 |
Value (£): |
57,638
|
| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Eng. Dynamics & Tribology |
Materials Processing |
|
| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
|
|
| Related Grants: |
|
| Panel History: |
|
|
Summary on Grant Application Form |
|
Defect detection in composite materials typically involves lengthy laboratory-based inspection techniques. For many industries this equates to increased maintenance costs and prohibits companies from benefiting from the structural advantages of composites. This research provides a low-cost inspection solution using data from shearing interferometry fused with a numerical stress function. The pathology of impact or fatigue damage is determined at each service interval by assessment of the spatial frequencies in the function. The main application will be box-sectioned composite booms; however, the technique is generic and applicable to other forms of structure and whole-field experimental data.
|
|
Key Findings |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
|
Potential use in non-academic contexts |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
|
Impacts |
|
| Description |
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk |
| Summary |
|
| Date Materialised |
|
|
|
|
Sectors submitted by the Researcher |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
| Project URL: |
|
| Further Information: |
|
| Organisation Website: |
http://www.lboro.ac.uk |