Three-dimensional microstructure of fiber-reinforced composites

Geoff Archenhold; Ashley R. Clarke; Nic Davidson

doi:10.1117/12.59550

26 June 1992 Three-dimensional microstructure of fiber-reinforced composites

Geoff Archenhold, Ashley R. Clarke, Nic Davidson

Proceedings Volume 1660, Biomedical Image Processing and Three-Dimensional Microscopy; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59550
Event: SPIE/IS&T 1992 Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1992, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The orientation of glass and carbon fibers in polymer composites has been investigated using both physical and optical sectioning. We have successfully automated the analysis of large area sections containing thousands of fibers where there is good contrast between fibers and polymer matrix. Recently, we have investigated the application of the laser scanning confocal microscope for the determination of 3-D orientations of glass fibers in polyoxymethylene. Initial data are presented together with a discussion on the preprocessing of the subsurface image fields necessary for automating the confocal process.

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Geoff Archenhold, Ashley R. Clarke, and Nic Davidson "Three-dimensional microstructure of fiber-reinforced composites", Proc. SPIE 1660, Biomedical Image Processing and Three-Dimensional Microscopy, (26 June 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59550

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