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Composite Materials Research Progress

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Giangiacomo Minak and Andrea Zucchelli<br />

Figure 21. (A) fixture system, (B)experimental device.<br />

AE sensors<br />

Cutting directions<br />

40 mm<br />

250 mm<br />

Detected AE<br />

sources<br />

External<br />

fibers direction<br />

Figure 22. Damaged zone area detected by AE emission and tensile specimens cutting directions for the<br />

High damage level.<br />

Some plates were also analyzed by C-Scan and MicroCT and in these cases the value of<br />

damaged area evaluated by AE was confirmed.<br />

Nine plates had the external ply fibres oriented in the direction of the specimen axis and<br />

other nine had the external ply fibres orthogonal to the specimen axis, so that two different

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