DocumentCode :
740220
Title :
Non-Destructive Evaluation of Polymer Composite Materials at the Manufacturing Stage Using Terahertz Pulsed Spectroscopy
Author :
Yakovlev, Egor V. ; Zaytsev, Kirill I. ; Dolganova, Irina N. ; Yurchenko, Stanislav O.
Author_Institution :
Bauman Moscow State Tech. Univ., Moscow, Russia
Volume :
5
Issue :
5
fYear :
2015
Firstpage :
810
Lastpage :
816
Abstract :
Nowadays, composite materials are widely used in building and construction industry, in motor-vehicles, spacecrafts and aircrafts, and in biomedical science due to the ability of combining various consistent components for manufacturing composite materials with physical and chemical properties significantly different from the properties of each component. Polymer composite materials (PCMs) appear to be the most common type of composites. PCMs consist mainly of polymer binder reinforced with the glass-fiber-fabric. Although PCMs are widely applied, PCM manufacturing technology lacks the methods of non- destructive testing. In this paper we demonstrate that terahertz (THz) pulsed spectroscopy (TPS) appears to be a unique instrument for solving important problems of PCM manufacturing control. We experimentally demonstrate the efficiency of TPS for non-destructive control of PCM binder polymerization, since THz radiation is sensitive to changes of picosecond dynamics in media. Furthermore, we show the ability to detect the internal non-impregnated voids inside the PCM structure by means of THz time-of-flight tomography. These results highlight the potentials of TPS applications for non-destructive control of PCM manufacturing process.
Keywords :
nondestructive testing; polymers; spectra; PCM binder polymerization; PCM manufacturing control; PCM manufacturing process; PCM manufacturing technology; glass-fiber-fabric; nondestructive evaluation; nondestructive testing; picosecond dynamics; polymer binder; polymer composite materials; terahertz pulsed spectroscopy; time-of-flight tomography; Composite materials; Manufacturing; Phase change materials; Polymers; Spectroscopy; Tomography; Non-destructive evaluation; THz technology; THz time-of-flight tomography; Terahertz (THz) pulsed spectroscopy (TPS); polymer composite materials (PCMs);
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Terahertz Science and Technology, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
2156-342X
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TTHZ.2015.2460671
Filename :
7202919
Link To Document :
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