Ultrasonic pulse velocity and physical properties of hybrid composites: A statistical approach
Sérgio Luiz Moni Ribeiro Filho, Carlos Thomas, Luís Miguel P. Durão, André Luís Christoforo, Chris Bowen, Fabrizio Scarpa, Túlio Hallak Panzera
Abstract
This work describes the correlations between the ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) and physical properties of fibrous-particulate hybrid composites made of glass/carbon fabrics and three different micro-inclusions such as silica particles, recycled carbon fibre powder and Portland cement. A full factorial design (214151) is established to identify the effects of volume fraction, stacking sequence and particle type on the physical properties obtained by Archimedes’ principle. An electroacoustic transducer (50 kHz) is used to determine the ultrasonic pulse velocity data. Statistical models reveal correlations between UPV and the physical properties of hybrid composites. The combination of UPV and statistical techniques can identify all constitutive phases, being useful to characterise and estimate physical properties in a hybrid system composed of fibres and microparticles.