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ABSTRACT
In order to develop new NDE capabilities to determine defects and measure thermal diffusivity in Carbon/Carbon (C/C) composites at the same time, a study was conducted of NDE methods for identifying subsurface defects in C/C composites by thermal diffusivity measurement using step heating method. Since traditional NDE methods are effective in inspection of thin carbon/epoxy composites, but they are not very effective in detecting defects in thick C/C composites. In addition, there is substantial industrial demand for the nondestructive, rapid, on-line evaluation of the thermal diffusivity of an entire C/C composite parts surface. Therefore, this paper applied step heating infrared thermography method to do through-thickness thermal diffusivity measurements and NDE inspection for whole eld carbon/carbon disk brake. In this work a brief description of the theory behind step heating method and a sample application are given. FEA analysis with the use of ANSYS was also used to compare with the experimental results and found that they were in good agreement with one another. As the result, this method is capable of evaluating defects in C/C composite materials. With more research, this method is efcient, economically feasible, easy implementation, and rapid assessment of detecting defects in C/C composite materials that will be able to be incorporated into a manufacturing process quality control system.
INTRODUCTION
In recent decades, carbon/carbon composites (C/C) have been preferably employed in several different industries [1]. The main reason is due to the advantages of the composites, such as slight weight, fracture toughness, high strength, and high stiffness. Besides, high-fatigue resistance and heat resistance up to 3000 K are the important advantages of C/Cs for high-temperature applications, for instance, race car disk brakes, surfaces of hypersonic vehicles, and refractory tiles [2-3]. The capability to determine subsurface defects in C/C materials is important to many industries producing and using C/C composite disk brakes, and an inexpensive and easy to implement and operate method is a crucial component to the industry [8]. In order to keep the high reliability of C/C materials, most applications use NDE methods to evaluate the quantitative information about aw and defect size to serve as an input to fracture mechanics based predictions of remaining life. The NDE techniques became to mainly important method to detect the reliability and performance of C/C materials. The traditional NDE techniques, which include eddy current, ultrasonic, X-ray and acoustic emission, etc. have faced serious impenetrability in NDE of the C/C, due to the unique properties of C/C materials [3-4]. These methods are often not adequate for detecting aws and defects at an early stage because of the lack of the space and depth resolution. Moreover, the traditional NDE methods in detecting aws and defects in thick and/or multi-layered C/C structures are almost unattainable [5]. Because of these problems, it is very difcult to monitor the performance, condition and quality of C/C. That is why the C/C can not be popularized and rarely used in primary structures which require high reliability. In general, many C/C composite materials are used for their thermal characteristics, as in the case of the C/C brakes and thermal protections for hypersonic vehicles. Thermal diffusivity, as a fundamental property of the material, is one of the important parameters when heat transfer phenomenons are involved. The current standard test method by industry is the (ASTM) test method for thermal diffusivity of solids by the Flash Method, which measures diffusivity at one point. This method also requires the destructive removal of a small sample for examination, special machinery for surface scanning, and is not suitable for quality assessment in a manufacturing environment. The step heating method is an alternative technique to the known ash method, which can measure non-destructively the thermal diffusivity easily and quickly especial for thick whole scale C/C composite [6]. Additionally, a new method to potentially detect defects in C/C was discovered. Preliminary results showed that defects areas have lower through-thickness thermal diffusivity of the carbon-carbon disk brake [7]. Therefore, this paper built the through-thickness thermal diffusivity measurements and NDE inspection system by using step heating method for whole eld carbon-carbon disk brake for meeting those demands. By utilizing relatively simple infrared thermography equipment, through-thickness diffusivity measurements can be made quickly. The through-thickness thermal diffusivity mapping of each whole eld carbon-carbon disk brake can be obtained within 10 minutes, simultaneously evaluate the defect in C/C composite by thermal diffusivity mapping distribution.
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In addition, the through-thickness thermal diffusivity measurements may be a new method to potentially detect defects in C/C that was discovered from previous research. Preliminary results showed that defected areas have lower through-thickness thermal diffusivity values of the carbon-carbon disk brake. In order to develop new NDE capabilities to determine defects in C/C composite disk brakes, this study conducts NDE methods for identifying subsurface defects in carbon-carbon C/C composites by through-thickness thermal diffusivity measurement. This method is capable of evaluating defects in C/C composite materials. With more research, this method can become efcient, economically feasible, easy implementation, and rapid assessment of detecting defects in C/C composite materials that will be able to be incorporated into a manufacturing process quality control system.
Theory Background
The ideal heat transfer model is based on the behavior of a homogeneous, thermally insulated, semi-infinite slab with uniform and constant thermal properties and density, subjected to a constant heat flux, uniformly applied since the time origin, over its front face (x = 0) of sample. The transient temperature T = T(L, t) at the rear face (x = L) of the sample can be obtained by solving the one-dimensional heat conduction equation
wT wt
w 2T a 2, wx
0 d x d l;
t! 0
T(x, 0) = 0, 0 d x d l
wT ( 0, t ) wx wT (l , t ) wx q , k 0, t!0 t!0
Where is the through-thickness thermal diffusivity, k is the thermal conductivity and Q is the heat flux. The expression for the sample temperature as a function of position x = L and time t is:
'T
T ( L, t ) Tr
QL Dt 1 2 k L2 6 S 2
n 1
(1) n n2
( nS ) 2
Dt
L2
(5)
Where Tr is the initial reference temperature. Figure 1 shows the thermal response based on this analytical solution. The observe parameter V is a ratio of rear face surface temperature changes and is defined as:
T1 ( L, t ) Tr T2 ( L, t ) Tr
(6)
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The secant iteration method is used to determine diffusivity values. For a given measured value of V, the diffusivity () is varied until the absolute value of the difference of the left and right hand sides of Equation 6 become less then 0.003%. When this condition is met, the corresponding diffusivity value is taken to satisfy 6.
3.5 3.0 2.5
T/(QL/k)
at/L
Figure 1: Analytical solution of temperature rise. The scheme of secant iteration method needs the denition of a value G in Equation 7.
Dt1 1 2 2 2 6 S L T ( L, t1 ) Tr T ( L, t 2 ) Tr Dt 2 1 2 2 2 6 S L (1) n ( nS ) 2 L21 e 2 n 1 n
f
Dt
(7)
(1) e 2 1 n
n
Dt ( nS ) 2 22
L
Assumed values for the diffusivity are systematically substituted into Equation 7 until the absolute value of G becomes less than 10-5. The secant iteration method is used to determine G. When G is met the restriction, the diffusivity can be obtained.
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Table 1: The samples used in experiment. Manufacturer CAFS XXX Type C/C 3D C/C 3D Description Fully processed without heat treat, no visible defects Fully processed, heat treat, no visible defects Thickness /Size or Diameter T:30 mm S:114 x 88 mm T:25.4 mm D:317.5 mm Label No. CAFS 0001 NHT XXX 0002 HT FEA material properties Density:1810 kg/m3 Heat Cp: 573 J/kg C Conductivity:40.9(X) 36.3(Y)24.3(Z)w/m C
Theoretical and Experimental of Diffusivity Measurement Thermal Diffusivity Prediction by FEA Models
To properly model the effects of the C/C composites of the heat transfer, a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was performed using ANSYS Workbench 11. The material properties for the 3-D C/C composite materials were found from a donated non-heat treated needle felt, ex-PAN ber, CVI carbon matrix Honeywell disk brake. The model simulated a homogeneous anisotropic material, instead of the true ber and matrix mix for ease of simulation. The model also used a constant convective heat loss on the surfaces exposed to air with the constant given as 20 W/m2 C. Also, the heat input was a heat ux applied to the surface opposite the simulated defect. The heat input was simulated as a heat ux of 1.25 x 104 W/m2. This heat ux was on for 10 to 160 seconds. The result of FEA was analyzed to determine the thermal diffusivity of all C/C composite samples.
Al sheet
AL 6061-T6
sample
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Figure 5: Theoretical temperature time curve and temperature curve for rear surface.
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(B)
(C)
(D)
Figure 6: (a) FEA result for sample 1 in defect and (b) no defect and (c) sample 2 in defect and (d) no defect.
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samples shown as a yellow line in Figure 7. For the defected sample, the thermal diffusivity value varies from (0.15746-0.1056 cm2/s) and is shown as a light blue line in Figure 7 and defected areas have lower thermal diffusivity distribution. In experiments, the range of thermal diffusivity at non-defected area is from 0.14645 to 0.121 cm2/s and is shown as a dark blue line in Figure 7. In the defected areas, thermal diffusivity is signicant changed and ranges from 0.14645 to 0.08978 cm2/s and is shown as a pink line. Both the FEA results and the experimental results have the same trend of thermal diffusivity mapping distribution. Also, defected areas have lower through-thickness thermal diffusivity values in the C/C sample. The results from the experiments have a lower thermal diffusivity than the FEA results, this could be due to the environment in which the experiment were created in, or could be contributed to the sample in the experiment not being perfectly insulated on the sides and hood was not seal up, where in the FEA models the four sides of the sample are perfectly insulated. This would explain the small drop in thermal diffusivity due to convection around the boundaries. In addition, the results from the experiments have a higher thermal diffusivity on the sides. This is contributed by the sample in the experiment not being perfectly insulated on the sides due to gaps between the sample and the foam insulator. This would explain the small increase in thermal diffusivity in sides.
cm^2/s 0.18 0.16 0.14 0.12 0.1 0.08 0.06 0.04 0.02 0 0 20 40 mm 60 80 100
No defect area
Figure 8: Thermal diffusivity mapping for Sample 2. For the second experiment, the diffusivity was measured around the circumference of the circle at every 30 degrees. Figure 8 shows the FEA results and the experimental results for sample two. The FEA results follow the experimental data relatively close, with the detected thermal diffusivity change being slightly lower than the predicted FEA results. Results of the FEA models, showed a through-thickness thermal diffusivity of 0.26 cm2/s for non-defect sample, and is shown as a yellow line
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in Figure 8. For the defected sample, thermal diffusivity varies from (0.26-0.08745 cm2/s) and is shown as a pink line. In experiments, the range of thermal diffusivity is from 0.213 to 0.089 cm2/s. In the defected area, the thermal diffusivity is signicant less. The abrupt change in diffusivity values between 90 and 150 degrees could be indicative of a defect within the material between those two locations. Upon inspection of the disk, a crack through the material along the side section is easily visible.
CONCLUSION
The results from the experiments conducted at SIUC show that the step heating method can rapidly determine the thermal diffusivity values of a whole eld C/C composite disk brakes. This method can detect the defects in C/C disk brakes by using thermal diffusivity mapping distribution. The through-thickness thermal diffusivity mapping of each whole eld C/C composite can be obtained within 10 minutes. It could be with in 5 minutes if the system uses an automatic control to measure the thermal diffusivity. Step heating as a method, is a cheap and cost efcient method for the use of measuring thermal diffusivity and determining defects in C/C samples. With a higher resolution IR camera, step heating as a means of measuring thermal diffusivity and determining defects in C/C disk brakes can be very effective.
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