Ex-situ X-ray computed tomography, tension clamp and in-situ transilluminated white light imaging data of non-crimp fabric based fibre composite under fatigue loading

Kristine M Jespersen; Jens A Glud; Jens Zangenberg; Atsushi Hosoi; Hiroyuki Kawada; Lars P Mikkelsen

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.09.109

Ex-situ X-ray computed tomography, tension clamp and in-situ transilluminated white light imaging data of non-crimp fabric based fibre composite under fatigue loading

Data Brief. 2018 Oct 3:21:228-233. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.09.109. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Authors

Kristine M Jespersen¹, Jens A Glud², Jens Zangenberg³, Atsushi Hosoi⁴, Hiroyuki Kawada⁴, Lars P Mikkelsen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Wind Energy, Section of Composites and Materials Mechanics, Technical University of Denmark, Fredriksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
² Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 16, 9220 Aalborg Oest, Denmark.
³ LM Wind Power Blades, Composite Mechanics, Jupitervej 6, 6000 Kolding, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Applied Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1, Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.

Abstract

The data published with this paper is obtained during fatigue testing of a unidirectional non-crimp fabric based glass fibre composite by means of ex-situ X-ray CT and in-situ transilluminated white light imaging experiments. The data experimentally shows the damage initiation and progression under fatigue loading both in terms of off-axis cracks in the thin supporting backing fibre bundles and fibre fractures in the load carrying fibre bundles. X-ray CT data comparing the loaded and unloaded state of damage regions by means of a tension clamp solution are also published with this paper.