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The objectives in this study were to determine the through-thickness elastic constant of fiber-epoxy/metal composites with ultrasonic measurements and determine the elastic constants of the constituent layers. The specimens that we studied consist of alternating layers of aluminum (2024 T3) and fiber-epoxy [1], all of which are 200 to 300 μm thick. As Figure 1 indicates the outer two layers of the composite are aluminum, so that there is always one additional layer of aluminum in the composite. The fiber-epoxy layers consist of a unidirectional layup of aramid fibers for the aramid-epoxy/aluminum specimens. For the glass-epoxylaluminum specimen, the fiber-epoxy layers consist of two sublayers of unidirectional fibers where the fibers of one sublayer lie at 90° with respect to the other sublayer. Because the fibers of both sublayers are perpendicular to the transmitting transducer, the ultrasound perceives the two sublayers as a single layer.
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Hollman, K.W., Fortunko, C.M., Fitting, D.W. (1997). Through-Thickness Elastic Constant for Aramid-Epoxy/Aluminum Composite Materials. In: Thompson, D.O., Chimenti, D.E. (eds) Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5947-4_145
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