Segmenting Delaminations in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite CT using Convolutional Neural Networks Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2016 AIP Publishing LLC. Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) utilizes a variety of techniques to inspect various materials for defects without causing changes to the material. X-ray computed tomography (CT) produces large volumes of three dimensional image data. Using the task of identifying delaminations in carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite CT, this work shows that it is possible to automate the analysis of these large volumes of CT data using a machine learning model known as a convolutional neural network (CNN). Further, tests on simulated data sets show that with a robust set of experimental data, it may be possible to go beyond just identification and instead accurately characterize the size and shape of the delaminations with CNNs.

name of conference

  • 42ND ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION: Incorporating the 6th European-American Workshop on Reliability of NDE

published proceedings

  • 42ND ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION: INCORPORATING THE 6TH EUROPEAN-AMERICAN WORKSHOP ON RELIABILITY OF NDE

author list (cited authors)

  • Sammons, D., Winfree, W. P., Burke, E., & Ji, S.

citation count

  • 22

complete list of authors

  • Sammons, Daniel||Winfree, William P||Burke, Eric||Ji, Shuiwang

publication date

  • February 2016