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Vibration response statistics of fibre composite panels from optical translucence

Vibration response statistics of fibre composite panels from optical translucence
Vibration response statistics of fibre composite panels from optical translucence
Typically, there is variability in the properties of fibre-reinforced composites – material content, thickness, stiffness etc. – and this variability is often spatially correlated. Finite element (FE) or numerical models can predict the response of such panels, but the spatially correlated nature of the variability must be represented in the model. However, characterising the variability, and especially the spatial correlation, is problematical. In this study the data is first generated by an automated optical process: light transmissibility measurements are taken of a dry chopped strand mat. The intensity of the consequent image is post-processed to describe the fibre density as a random field using Karhunen-Loeve decomposition. Previous measurements have shown a strong correlation between the density of the mat and the tensile modulus, so the information is then used to infer the statistics of the stiffness matrix in the FE model. Subsequent realisations of the random field are then used, in a Monte Carlo simulation, to predict the statistics of the natural frequencies and frequency responses. The method provides an automated approach to the characterisation of spatial variability and hence the prediction of the statistics of the vibrational response.
Todorovic Fabro, Adriano
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Ferguson, N.S.
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Gan, J. M
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Mace, Brian R.
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Bickerton, S.
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Battley, M.
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Todorovic Fabro, Adriano
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Gan, J. M
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Mace, Brian R.
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Bickerton, S.
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Todorovic Fabro, Adriano, Ferguson, N.S., Gan, J. M, Mace, Brian R., Bickerton, S. and Battley, M. (2012) Vibration response statistics of fibre composite panels from optical translucence. DYNACOMP: 1st Conference on Composites Structures Dynamics, Arcachon, France. 22 - 24 May 2012. 10 pp .

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Abstract

Typically, there is variability in the properties of fibre-reinforced composites – material content, thickness, stiffness etc. – and this variability is often spatially correlated. Finite element (FE) or numerical models can predict the response of such panels, but the spatially correlated nature of the variability must be represented in the model. However, characterising the variability, and especially the spatial correlation, is problematical. In this study the data is first generated by an automated optical process: light transmissibility measurements are taken of a dry chopped strand mat. The intensity of the consequent image is post-processed to describe the fibre density as a random field using Karhunen-Loeve decomposition. Previous measurements have shown a strong correlation between the density of the mat and the tensile modulus, so the information is then used to infer the statistics of the stiffness matrix in the FE model. Subsequent realisations of the random field are then used, in a Monte Carlo simulation, to predict the statistics of the natural frequencies and frequency responses. The method provides an automated approach to the characterisation of spatial variability and hence the prediction of the statistics of the vibrational response.

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Published date: May 2012
Venue - Dates: DYNACOMP: 1st Conference on Composites Structures Dynamics, Arcachon, France, 2012-05-22 - 2012-05-24
Organisations: Dynamics Group

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Local EPrints ID: 340064
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/340064
PURE UUID: d86956ca-fdd6-41d9-b3b0-4f1123e0665d
ORCID for N.S. Ferguson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5955-7477
ORCID for Brian R. Mace: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3312-4918

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Date deposited: 14 Jun 2012 13:55
Last modified: 10 Jan 2023 02:32

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Author: Adriano Todorovic Fabro
Author: N.S. Ferguson ORCID iD
Author: J. M Gan
Author: Brian R. Mace ORCID iD
Author: S. Bickerton
Author: M. Battley

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