Theory, implementation, and analysis of rotational eddy current nondestructive testing for carbon fiber reinforced plastic laminates.

Newton, Matthew D., 1999-

Theory, implementation, and analysis of rotational eddy current nondestructive testing for carbon fiber reinforced plastic laminates.

dc.contributor.advisor	Gravagne, Ian A.
dc.creator	Newton, Matthew D., 1999-
dc.creator.orcid	0009-0007-5138-3848
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-30T12:44:44Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-30T12:44:44Z
dc.date.created	2023-12
dc.date.issued	2023-12
dc.date.submitted	December 2023
dc.date.updated	2024-07-30T12:44:44Z
dc.description.abstract	Eddy current testing (ECT) has become a popular nondestructive testing (NDT) and nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technique for inspecting metallic components. While scientific literature also contains ECT methods for inspecting carbon fiber materials, these techniques have not been widely adopted by industry. Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) has many material complexities over typical metals, and thus poses challenges for ECT imaging, contributing to ECT’s lack of use on CFRP in industry contexts. However, rotational ECT is a relatively unexplored scanning method that capitalizes on the material complexities of CFRP to extract important features during inspection. This thesis demonstrates how rotational ECT uses directional eddy current probes, combined with mechanical rotation, to acquire certain orientational features much faster than traditional imaging methods. The manuscripts contained in this work present several novel methods that exploit the properties of CFRP and ECT to efficiently characterize ply layups, in-plane waviness, and additively manufactured (AM) fiber-filled component properties using a custom built ECT scanning system.
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dc.identifier.uri
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/2104/12889
dc.language.iso	English
dc.rights.accessrights	Worldwide access
dc.title	Theory, implementation, and analysis of rotational eddy current nondestructive testing for carbon fiber reinforced plastic laminates.
dc.type	Thesis
dc.type.material	text
thesis.degree.department	Baylor University. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
thesis.degree.grantor	Baylor University
thesis.degree.name	M.S.E.C.E.
thesis.degree.program	Electrical & Computer Engineering
thesis.degree.school	Baylor University