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COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Volume 132, Issue -, Pages 198-204Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.05.010
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Hybrid composites; Nanomaterials; Lamb wave; Attenuation coefficient
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This paper focuses on quantification of attenuation coefficient of fundamental anti-symmetric (A(o)) Lamb wave when it propagates through hybrid structural composites with nanomaterials. Investigations were carried out on nanosilica and carbon nanofiber hybridized-glass and carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composites in comparison to their respective control composite laminates with no nanofillers. Composite specimens were fabricated through Resin Film Infusion (RFI), ensuring near zero void fractions. Effective and actual attenuation characteristics of A(o) mode were evaluated at three different frequencies -100 kHz, 200 kHz and 500 kHz in hybrid glass and carbon based composites. It is observed that effect of the nanomaterials (nanofillers) on attenuation of A(o) mode is more significant at high frequencies. Furthermore, attenuation behavior of A(o) mode depends on the type of nanomaterial. It is also observed that Ao mode undergoes more attenuation in glass fiber reinforced composites compared to their carbon fiber based counterparts, irrespective of the nanomaterials. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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