Failure analysis of CF/epoxy hollow beam components using digital image correlation and acoustic emission analyses Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Testing of carbon fibre epoxy hollow beam components was undertaken using digital image correlation and acoustic emission techniques. Static and fatigue testing was used to characterise the damage mechanisms of the components under two separate compressive loading cases. Firstly, the load was transferred via simple contact of a rectangular pusher plate, whilst in the second case the plate was bolted to the top surface of the beam. Digital image ...