TY - JOUR
T1 - Failure modes and non-destructive testing techniques for fiber-reinforced polymer composites
AU - Azad, Muhammad Muzammil
AU - Jung, Jaehyun
AU - Elahi, Muhammad Umar
AU - Sohail, Muhammad
AU - Kumar, Prashant
AU - Kim, Heung Soo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024/11/1
Y1 - 2024/11/1
N2 - Prognostics and health management (PHM) is an enabling technology essential for the safe operation and conditional maintenance of any engineering system. Over the past two decades, the use of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites has increased to develop high-strength, lightweight, and durable composite structures. PHM technology has been widely adopted in the composites industry to address challenges such as damage detection, localization, remaining useful life (RUL) prediction, and maintenance scheduling. However, implementing PHM technologies for FRPs necessitates a thorough understanding of their failure modes and the non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques commonly used to assess their health condition. Therefore, this review provides a comprehensive discussion on the failure modes of FRP composites based on practical loading conditions, examines several NDT techniques employed on FRP composites, detailing their advantages and limitations, and highlights the current challenges while providing future directions for the use of NDT techniques in PHM of composite structures. Thus, the review aids practitioners, the scientific community, and new researchers in understanding the failure modes of FRP composites and exploring recent advancements in NDT techniques to address the current challenges and limitations in PHM of composite structures.
AB - Prognostics and health management (PHM) is an enabling technology essential for the safe operation and conditional maintenance of any engineering system. Over the past two decades, the use of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites has increased to develop high-strength, lightweight, and durable composite structures. PHM technology has been widely adopted in the composites industry to address challenges such as damage detection, localization, remaining useful life (RUL) prediction, and maintenance scheduling. However, implementing PHM technologies for FRPs necessitates a thorough understanding of their failure modes and the non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques commonly used to assess their health condition. Therefore, this review provides a comprehensive discussion on the failure modes of FRP composites based on practical loading conditions, examines several NDT techniques employed on FRP composites, detailing their advantages and limitations, and highlights the current challenges while providing future directions for the use of NDT techniques in PHM of composite structures. Thus, the review aids practitioners, the scientific community, and new researchers in understanding the failure modes of FRP composites and exploring recent advancements in NDT techniques to address the current challenges and limitations in PHM of composite structures.
KW - Composite structures
KW - Failure modes
KW - Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
KW - Non-destructive testing
KW - Prognostics and health management
KW - Structural health monitoring
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.11.269
DO - 10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.11.269
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85210669236
SN - 2238-7854
VL - 33
SP - 9519
EP - 9537
JO - Journal of Materials Research and Technology
JF - Journal of Materials Research and Technology
ER -