Feasibility of Detecting Pre-Cracking Fatigue Damage in Particulate Metal Matrix Composites Using Ultrasonic Techniques
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Begun in 1973, the Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE) is the premier international NDE meeting designed to provide an interface between research and early engineering through the presentation of current ideas and results focused on facilitating a rapid transfer to engineering development.
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This paper provides a brief summary of one aspect of a CEC project funded under the Brite-Euram programme. The aim of the project was to investigate the possibility of finding a non-destructive technique based on ultrasonic measurements to detect and characterize damage in aluminum matrix particle-reinforced composites which may negatively influence their fitness for use. There was an emphasis on detecting fatigue -induced damage prior to crack formation.