Partial volume correction for approximating crack opening displacements in CFRP material obtained from micro-focus X-ray CT scans
Partial volume correction for approximating crack opening displacements in CFRP material obtained from micro-focus X-ray CT scans
This paper presents a partial volume correction technique that applies a measurement weighting based on grey scale intensity values, allowing crack opening displacements (CODs) to be better estimated in micro-focus computed tomography (?CT) scans. These were tested on 3D data obtained from two separate ?CT scanners on particle toughened and non-particle toughened carbon fibre material subjected to low velocity impact. Direct comparisons of COD estimations were made with higher resolution measurements obtained using synchrotron radiation computed tomography (SRCT) scans taken at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). In this study, partial volume correction is reported to improve the accuracy of these measurements to within 20% of SRCT measurements, whereas measurements based on counting interconnected voxels representing a detectable crack are reported to consistently overestimate crack openings by up to 500%. Scatter in estimations was dependent on material type, noise, and artefacts associated with ?CT volumes.
carbon fibre, impact behaviour, crack, non-destructive testing, x-ray computed tomography
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Bull, D.J.
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Sinclair, I.
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Spearing, S.M.
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14 June 2013
Bull, D.J.
3569ba02-89de-4398-a14d-02c3f9b4eab2
Sinclair, I.
6005f6c1-f478-434e-a52d-d310c18ade0d
Spearing, S.M.
9e56a7b3-e0e8-47b1-a6b4-db676ed3c17a
Bull, D.J., Sinclair, I. and Spearing, S.M.
(2013)
Partial volume correction for approximating crack opening displacements in CFRP material obtained from micro-focus X-ray CT scans.
Composites Science and Technology, 81, .
(doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.03.017).
Abstract
This paper presents a partial volume correction technique that applies a measurement weighting based on grey scale intensity values, allowing crack opening displacements (CODs) to be better estimated in micro-focus computed tomography (?CT) scans. These were tested on 3D data obtained from two separate ?CT scanners on particle toughened and non-particle toughened carbon fibre material subjected to low velocity impact. Direct comparisons of COD estimations were made with higher resolution measurements obtained using synchrotron radiation computed tomography (SRCT) scans taken at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). In this study, partial volume correction is reported to improve the accuracy of these measurements to within 20% of SRCT measurements, whereas measurements based on counting interconnected voxels representing a detectable crack are reported to consistently overestimate crack openings by up to 500%. Scatter in estimations was dependent on material type, noise, and artefacts associated with ?CT volumes.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 3 April 2013
Published date: 14 June 2013
Keywords:
carbon fibre, impact behaviour, crack, non-destructive testing, x-ray computed tomography
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/355773
ISSN: 0266-3538
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