Stochastic reconstruction of filament paths in fibre bundles based on two-dimensional input data

Gommer, Frank; Wedgwood, Kyle C.A.; Brown, Louise P.

Abstract

Conventional optical microscopy is an inexpensive technique to analyse fibre bundle micro-structures. Compared to micro-computed tomography, the resolution is higher and larger samples sizes can be analysed. This provides, for example, detailed information of filament spacing which will affect subsequent properties. This paper proposes a probabilistic method to reconstruct paths of individual filaments from a series of two-dimensional micrographs. This allows three-dimensional filament arrangements to be reconstructed and the effects of local arrangements on properties to be quantified. For example, for the small sample analysed in this work, a 15% difference in strength values was found.

Citation

Gommer, F., Wedgwood, K. C., & Brown, L. P. (2015). Stochastic reconstruction of filament paths in fibre bundles based on two-dimensional input data. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.05.022

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Aug 26, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 1, 2015
• Journal: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
• Print ISSN: 1359-835X
• Electronic ISSN: 1878-5840
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 76
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.05.022
• Keywords: Carbon fibre; Microstructures; Analytical modelling; Optical microscopy
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/982271
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359835X15001839