AE monitoring for control of carbon-carbon pyrolysis

Author

Bulau, J.R.

Author_Institution

Rockwell Int. Sci. Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

2-5 Oct 1988

Firstpage

1057

Abstract

A capability has been developed for monitoring the AE (acoustic emission) activity in carbon-carbon composites during pyrolysis. Small flat sheets of 2-D woven laminates heated at factory-representative (slow) rates exhibit two stages of intense activity. The first occurs during carbonization, and the second during cool-down. In both cases the emission amplitudes are fairly low and apparently result from microcracking within the matrix and between the matrix and fibers. The driving stresses during heating are due to gas pressure, matrix shrinkage, and thermal expansion. The cool-down emissions are presumed due to thermal stresses. It was possible to force delaminations to occur by rapid heating. Delaminations generate easily identifiable large-amplitude, long-duration emissions

Keywords

acoustic emission testing; carbon; pyrolysis; 2-D woven laminates; C-C pyrolysis; acoustic emission monitoring; carbonization; composites; cool-down emissions; delaminations; driving stresses; emission amplitudes; fibers; gas pressure; heating; matrix shrinkage; microcracking; thermal expansion; thermal stresses; Acoustic emission; Acoustic signal detection; Chemicals; Delamination; Heating; Internal stresses; Monitoring; Tensile stress; Thermal expansion; Thermal stresses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics Symposium, 1988. Proceedings., IEEE 1988

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.1988.49540

Filename

49540