FiberEUse: A Funded Project Towards the Reuse of the End-of-Life Fiber Reinforced Composites with Nondestructive Inspection

Yijun Yan, Andrew Young, Jinchang Ren (Lead / Corresponding author), James Windmill, Winifred L. Ijomah, Tariq Durrani

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Abstract

FiberEUse is a €9.8 million research project funded by the European Union since June 2017 and collaborating with 20 partners from 7 EU countries. It aims at developing different innovative solutions towards enhancing the profitability of glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites (GFRP and CFRP) recycling and reuse in added-value products and high-tech applications. There are three big tasks: (i) mechanical recycling of short GFRP, (ii) thermal recycling of long fibers (both GFRP and CFRP), (iii) inspection, repairing and remanufacturing for the end-of-life (EoL) GFRP/CFRP products. As one of the partners, the main objective of our work is to design a nondestructive testing (NDT) method for recycled/repaired/remanufactured CFRP products based on hyperspectral imagery (HSI). In this paper, we will introduce the use of hyperspectral imaging for erosion detection in different materials. Our previous work on metal corrosion estimation will be discussed first. Then, the idea of this work is carried out. The experimental setup of both works is illustrated and more details of our strategy are provided with future development direction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCommunications, Signal Processing, and Systems
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 8th International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems
EditorsQilian Liang, Wei Wang, Xin Liu, Zhenyu Na, Min Jia, Baoju Zhang
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherSpringer Singapore
Pages1541-1547
Number of pages7
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9789811394096
ISBN (Print)9789811394089 (hbk), 9789811394102 (pbk)
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Apr 2020
Event8th International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems, CSPS 2019 - Urumqi, China
Duration: 20 Jul 201922 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume571
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems, CSPS 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityUrumqi
Period20/07/1922/07/19

Keywords

  • Corrosion index
  • Erosion detection
  • FiberEUSe
  • Hyperspectral imagery
  • Nondestructive inspection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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