Application of holographic interferometry to characterize the dynamic and modal behavior of an advanced graphite-epoxy polymer matrix composite structure

Howard Fein

doi:10.1117/12.236072

25 March 1996 Application of holographic interferometry to characterize the dynamic and modal behavior of an advanced graphite-epoxy polymer matrix composite structure

Howard Fein

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Proceedings Volume 2652, Practical Holography X; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.236072
Event: Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Holographic Interferometry has been successfully employed to characterize the materials and behavior of diverse types of structures under stress. Specialized variations of this technology have also been applied to define dynamic and vibration related structural behavior. Such applications of holographic technique offer some of the most effective methods of modal and dynamic analysis available. The technology is non-destructive, real-time, and definitive in allowing the identification of vibrational modes, displacements, and motion geometry. Structures and processed materials can be analyzed with very low amplitude excitation and the resultant data can be used to adjust the accuracy of mathematically derived structural models. Holographic Interferometry has offered a powerful tool to aid in the primary engineering and development of advanced complex composite materials. One such material is a graphite-epoxy fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite. This type of material is finding increased use in advanced aerodynamic, automotive, and other highly mobile platforms. Avionic and undersea applications must consider environments where extremes in vibration and mechanical stresses can affect both operation and structural stability. These are ideal requisites for analysis using advanced time-average holographic methods in the initial design and subsequent test of such advanced structures and materials. Holographic methods are non-destructive, real-time, and definitive in allowing the identification of vibrational modes, displacements, and motion geometries. Such information is often crucial to the determination of mechanical configurations and designs as well as operational parameters of structures composed of advanced engineering materials.

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Howard Fein "Application of holographic interferometry to characterize the dynamic and modal behavior of an advanced graphite-epoxy polymer matrix composite structure", Proc. SPIE 2652, Practical Holography X, (25 March 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.236072

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