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Autonomous high resolution inspection of kiss-bonds skins of carbon nanotube reinforced nanocomposites using novel dynamic line-scan thermography approach

  • Hai Zhang
  • , Pieter Verberne
  • , Shaker A. Meguid*
  • , Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo
  • , Xavier P.V. Maldague
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Toronto
  • Université Laval

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Abstract

In addition to being a serious threat to aircraft safety, kiss-bonding is also difficult to detect using conventional non-destructive testing techniques. It is the objective of this study to develop an autonomous high resolution technique to detect kiss-bonds and disbonds between carbon nanotube (CNT) skins and the host substrate of large-scale nanocomposite structures. The newly developed automated dynamic line-scan thermography (LST) approach is capable of speedy detection (up to 50 mm/s) of contact kiss-bonds as well as disbonds in laminated CNT-reinforced nanocomposite.

Original languageEnglish
Article number108111
JournalComposites Science and Technology
Volume192
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 May 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotube
  • Kiss-bond
  • Line-scan thermography
  • Nanocomposite

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