On-line damage monitoring of composites based on carbon nanotube films

QU Shuxuan; GONG Wenbin; SUN Xiaozhu; ZHANG Dongxing; LIANG Zhiqiang; GAO Limin; LYU Weibang

doi:10.7527/S1000-6893.2020.24949

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2022 , Vol. 43 >Issue 1: 424949 - 424949

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7527/S1000-6893.2020.24949

Material Engineering and Mechanical Manufacturing

On-line damage monitoring of composites based on carbon nanotube films

QU Shuxuan ,
GONG Wenbin ,
SUN Xiaozhu ,
ZHANG Dongxing ,
LIANG Zhiqiang ,
GAO Limin ,
LYU Weibang

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1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China;
2. Innovation Center for Advanced Nanocomposites, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China;
3. General Research Office of Space Science and Machinery, Shanghai Institute of Aerospace Systems Engineering,Shanghai 201108, China;
4. Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China;
5. Department of Structural Integrity, COMAC Beijing Aeronautical Science &Technology, Beijing 102211, China

Received date: 2020-11-05

Revised date: 2021-01-11

Online published: 2021-01-08

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (51503225)

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Abstract

Considering that fiber-reinforced polymeric composites would be damaged due to impact, compression, fatigue and other factors during service, a composite with on-line damage self-sensing capabilities was developed based on carbon nanotube films, which possess desirable mechanical and electrical properties. Using the conductive network formed by carbon nanotubes, the damage of composites will destroy the conductive path and greatly increase the resistance of carbon nanotube films. The on-line self-sensing of composite damages was realized by measuring the boundary voltage of the composite, and then solving/imaging the conductivity distribution within the composite through the Electrical Resistance Tomography. Both damages of through-hole and model-I interlaminar fracture were investigated, and the results show that for these two damage modes, the obtained composite can realize on-line damage localization as well as damage display through EIT image reconstruction. For the through hole damage mode, the damage with an area accounting for 0.038% can be monitored online. In addition, the accuracy of through-hole localization can reach millimeter level.

Key words： carbon nanotube; composite; structural health monitoring; electrical impedance tomography; on-line monitoring

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QU Shuxuan , GONG Wenbin , SUN Xiaozhu , ZHANG Dongxing , LIANG Zhiqiang , GAO Limin , LYU Weibang . On-line damage monitoring of composites based on carbon nanotube films[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2022 , 43(1) : 424949 -424949 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2020.24949

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