Anomaly detection of microstructural defects in continuous fiber reinforced composites

Stephen Bricker; J. P. Simmons; Craig Przybyla; Russell C. Hardie

doi:10.1117/12.2079679

12 March 2015 Anomaly detection of microstructural defects in continuous fiber reinforced composites

Stephen Bricker, J. P. Simmons, Craig Przybyla, Russell C. Hardie

Proceedings Volume 9401, Computational Imaging XIII; 94010A (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079679
Event: SPIE/IS&T Electronic Imaging, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Ceramic matrix composites (CMC) with continuous fiber reinforcements have the potential to enable the next generation of high speed hypersonic vehicles and/or significant improvements in gas turbine engine performance due to their exhibited toughness when subjected to high mechanical loads at extreme temperatures (2200F+). Reinforced fiber composites (RFC) provide increased fracture toughness, crack growth resistance, and strength, though little is known about how stochastic variation and imperfections in the material effect material properties. In this work, tools are developed for quantifying anomalies within the microstructure at several scales. The detection and characterization of anomalous microstructure is a critical step in linking production techniques to properties, as well as in accurate material simulation and property prediction for the integrated computation materials engineering (ICME) of RFC based components. It is desired to find statistical outliers for any number of material characteristics such as fibers, fiber coatings, and pores. Here, fiber orientation, or ‘velocity’, and ‘velocity’ gradient are developed and examined for anomalous behavior. Categorizing anomalous behavior in the CMC is approached by multivariate Gaussian mixture modeling. A Gaussian mixture is employed to estimate the probability density function (PDF) of the features in question, and anomalies are classified by their likelihood of belonging to the statistical normal behavior for that feature.

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Stephen Bricker, J. P. Simmons, Craig Przybyla, and Russell C. Hardie "Anomaly detection of microstructural defects in continuous fiber reinforced composites", Proc. SPIE 9401, Computational Imaging XIII, 94010A (12 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079679

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