Fabrizio Ricci

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used infrared thermography and phased array ultrasonic to detect defects and impact damage in carbon fiber reinforced composites and recorded a video during the impact event.

TL;DR: In this paper, a methodology for automatic damage identification and localization is presented, where the structure is assumed to be instrumented with an array of actuators and sensors to excite and record its dynamic response, including vibration and wave propagation effects.

TL;DR: In this article, the prediction of the delamination damage induced by low velocity impact in a laminated composite performed using the progressive damage model MAT162 implemented in the transient non-linear finite element code LS-DYNA is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a damage index (DI) approach for damage detection and localization based on high frequency wave propagation data and low frequency vibration measurements is presented, using the initial measurements performed on an undamaged structure as baseline, damage indices are evaluated from the comparison of the frequency response of the monitored structure with an unknown damage.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the help offered by infrared thermography in the investigation of impact damaging of composites, and show that the presence of the compatibilizing agent in the thermoplastic matrix prevents the material from large deformation bringing it to behave more similar to a thermoset matrix based material.