Fiber reinforced resin matrix composites are more and more widely used in aerospace and
automobile manufacturing industries. However, the probability of manufacturing defects in …

Composite materials/structures are advancing in product efficiency, cost-effectiveness and
the development of superior specific properties. There are increasing demands in their …

The application of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites is continuously increasing due
to their superior mechanical properties and the associated weight advantage. However, they …

Today's competitive world economy is creating an indispensable demand for increased
efficiency of engineering components that operate in harsh environments (ie, very high …

Polymer composite materials are being increasingly used in primary load-bearing structures
in several advanced industrial fields such as aerospace vessels, railway wagons and mega …

Due to the unique characteristics of terahertz (THz) waves, such as low-energy, penetrating,
and broadband, THz imaging has been regarded as cutting-edge technology in many fields …

Thermal barrier coatings are extensively used in aircraft engines. During service, the TBC
coatings degrade because of erosion and sintering by hot gas flow and also by localized …

The use of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) for the nondestructive testing and
evaluation (NDT&E) of materials and structural systems has attracted significant attention …

This study presents a non-destructive evaluation (NDE) method that utilizes a convolutional
neural network (CNN) based terahertz (THz) signal processing to quantitively distinguish …

Terahertz (THz) technology has firmly established itself as an effective sensing and
nondestructive testing (NDT) technique for the detection of substances and physicochemical …