Composite materials/structures are advancing in product efficiency, cost-effectiveness and
the development of superior specific properties. There are increasing demands in their …

Inspection reliability of small-scale defects, targeting dimensions below 100 µm, is crucial for
structural safety of critical components in high-value applications. Early defects are often …

The mechanical performance of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites is
determined by the stacking sequence of specifically orientated ply lamina layers. In these …

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have been widely applied in different industrial
fields, thereby necessitating the employment of non-destructive testing (NDT) methods to …

Induction heating of CFRP is an energy-efficient and fast method that may be used for
example during consolidation of thermoset-based CFRP or welding of thermoplastic-based …

This article presents a new method called phase of transient response using the local
reference pixel vector (PTR-LRPV) to process pulsed thermography data for defect detection …

Tensile constitutive response of hybrid fiber reinforced polymer (HFRP) bar plays a crucial
role to characterize its tensile properties. An innovative model with five stages, including the …

The aim of this work is to achieve reliable nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of adhesively
bonded aerospace components by developing novel multidimensional data fusion …

The fiber reinforced polymer bar has the inherent advantages of light weight, high strength
and corrosion resistance, which is considered as a preferable alternative for the …

Eddy current pulsed thermography (ECPT) is an effective non-destructive testing technique
for evaluating the integrity and safe operation of conductive composite components such as …