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Some Observations on Acoustic Emission during Continuous Tensile Cycling of a Carbon Fibre/Epoxy Composite

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HERE we report preliminary experiments on the acoustic emission from a composite when subjected to sequential cycles of tensile stressing. Two different conditions of cycling were followed; in the first (A) the maximum cycling stress was gradually increased with successive cycles and in the other (B) all cycles were of the same stress amplitude.

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  1. Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, SW7 2BY

    H. C. KIM

  2. Coordenacao dos Programas de Pos-Graduacao em Engenharia of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

    A. P. RIPPER NETO

  3. Applied Acoustics, Department of Physics, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, Poulton Place, London, SW6

    R. W. B. STEPHENS

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KIM, H., NETO, A. & STEPHENS, R. Some Observations on Acoustic Emission during Continuous Tensile Cycling of a Carbon Fibre/Epoxy Composite. Nature Physical Science 237, 78–80 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci237078a0

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