GUO Zhiwen1, SHI Xiaochun1, SHEN Yang2, TAO Minggao1, ZHOU Songwei1. Ultrasonic Testing Study for Autoclave Cured Composite Material Porosity. Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology, 2017, 60(5): 49-53.
AVIC General’s self-developed all-composite fuselage AG300 aircraft is a new kind of business jet based on carbon fiber composite material
using the curing oven molding
which is high-efficiency than conventional autoclave molding
but the porosity is bigger than that of the traditional process. The size and distribution of porosity directly affects the mechanical properties of structure
particularly vital member with stress concentration
so the need is urgent for reliable and accurate nondestructive evaluation of their porosity. We introduce a kind of preparation method for composite material porosity block by spraying solvent
using the ultrasonic attenuation method and metallographic analysis to carry out the calibration of the predecess or experical formula. We compare the porosities from calculated empirical formula and metallographic analysis
and draw the fitting curve. The error is not more than 0.4%
which verifies application possibility of this empirical formula in the engineering practice.