Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Structures

Dr. Shuncong Zhong received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in Mechatronics Engineering from Shantou University, P. R. China, in 1999 and 2002, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2007. He had many years of industrial and academic career in Imperial College London, London, U.K., University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K., University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China, and Mindray Company, Ltd., Shenzhen, P. R. China. He is currently a Chair Professor and Dean of School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Fuzhou University, P. R. China. Dr. Zhong focuses on the research of intelligent sensing and diagnosis, optics and terahertz systems, structural health monitoring, nondestructive testing and evaluation, signal and image processing, and pattern recognition for diagnosis and prognostics. Up till now, he has authored more than 200 articles, 82 patents,three books and chapters, and one ISO standard. Dr. Zhong was elected as an IET Fellow in 2018 and an ISCM Fellow in 2020.  Walter Nsengiyumva is both an electrical and mechanical engineer graduated with honors from Durban University of Technology (Durban, Republic of South Africa) and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (Fuzhou, P. R. China) in 2014 and 2018, respectively. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation of Fuzhou University (Fuzhou, P. R. China) with his research being on structural health monitoring, optics, composite structures, mechanics, and nondestructive testing and evaluation of structural systems. He is the author of some 15 papers published in well-recognized journals, books and proceedings. He is also a presenting author of several papers in national and international conferences.

• Foreword by Prof. Shandong. Tu (Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering).- Preface.- Chapter 1 - Introduction and background of fiber-reinforced composite materials.- Chapter 2 - Introduction to nondestructive testing and evaluation of fiber-reinforced composites.- Chapter 3 - Visual testing for fiber-reinforced composite materials.- Chapter 4 - Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of aerospace composites: ultrasonic techniques.- Chapter 5 - Infrared thermography testing and evaluation of fiber-reinforced composite materials.- Chapter 6 - Terahertz testing technique for fiber-reinforced composite materials.- Chapter 7 - Application of acoustic emission for the inspection of fiber-reinforced composite materials.- Chapter 8 - Other methods.- Chapter 9 – Important conclusions, developments and future trends.- Appendix A: Examples of typical standards in relation to NDT techniques for the inspection of composite structures.