Advances, limitations and prospects of nondestructive testing and evaluation of thick composites and sandwich structures: A state-of-the-art review

• Published in: Composite structures Vol. 256; p. 112951
• Main Authors: Nsengiyumva, Walter, Zhong, Shuncong, Lin, Jiewen, Zhang, Qiukun, Zhong, Jianfeng, Huang, Yuexin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.01.2021
• Subjects: Nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E); Sandwich structures; Terahertz (THz); Thick composites; Ultrasonic testing (UT); Thick composites; Terahertz (THz); Sandwich structures; Ultrasonic testing (UT); Nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E)

In recent years, composite materials have gained popularity in numerous high-tech and engineering applications, owing to their outstanding physico-mechanical properties. They were initially used as fairings/reinforcements for different structures, but their application has recently shifted from gene...