Examinando por Autor "Pintado, J.M."

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    Consumed fatigue life assessment of composite material structures by optical surface roughness inspection
    (Trans Tech Publications Ltd., 2013-01-01) Zuluaga, P.; Frövel, M.; Restrepo, R.; Trallero, R.; Atienza, R.; Pintado, J.M.; Belenguer, T.; Salazar, F.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ciencias Básicas; Óptica Aplicada
    A strong knowledge of the fatigue state of highly advanced carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite (CFRP) structures is essential to predict the residual life and optimize intervals of structural inspection, repairs, and/or replacements. Current techniques are based mostly on measurement of structural loads throughout the service life by electric strain gauge sensors. These sensors are affected by extreme environmental conditions and by fatigue loads in such a way that the sensors and their systems require exhaustive maintenance throughout system life. This work is focused on providing a new technique to evaluate the fatigue state of CFRP structures by means of evaluating the surface roughness variation due to fatigue damage. The surface roughness is a property that can be measured in the field by optical techniques such as speckle and could be a useful tool for structural health monitoring. The relation between surface roughness and fatigue life has been assessed on CFRP test specimens. A tensile fatigue load with an R=0.1 (T-T) and a maximum load of 60% of the material ultimate strength has been applied. The surface roughness of the specimens has been determined from the surface topography measured by a high precision confocal microscope. Results show that the surface roughness of the specimens increases with the accumulation of fatigue cycles in such a way that the roughness could be taken into account as a fatigue damage metrics for CFRP. © (2013) Trans Tech Publications.
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    Electronic speckle pattern interferometry technique for the measurement of complex mechanical structures for aero-spatial applications
    (SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 2010-01-01) Restrepo, R.; Uribe-Patarroyo, N.; Garranzo, D.; Pintado, J.M.; Frovel, M.; Belenguer, T.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ciencias Básicas; Óptica Aplicada
    Using the electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) technique in the in-plane arrangement, the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of a composite material that will be used in a passive focusing mechanism of an aerospace mission was measured. This measurement with ESPI was compared with another interferometric method (Differential Interferometer), whose principal characteristic is its high accuracy, but the measurement is only local. As a final step, the results have been used to provide feedback with the finite element analysis (FEA). Before the composite material measurements, a quality assessment of the technique was carried out measuring the CTE of Aluminum 6061-T6. Both techniques were compared with the datasheet delivered by the supplier. A review of the basic concepts was done, especially with regards to ESPI, and the considerations to predict the quality in the fringes formation were explained. Also, a review of the basic concepts for the mechanical calculation in composite materials was done. The CTE of the composite material found was 4.69X10-6 ± 3X10-6K-1. The most important advantage between ESPI and differential interferometry is that ESPI provides more information due to its intrinsic extended area, surface deformation reconstruction, in comparison with the strictly local measurement of differential interferometry. © 2010 Copyright SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.