Developing Structure-Property Linkage for Glass Fibre Reinforced Composites

ME 8883/CSE 8803: Materials Informatics

Alicia White and Geet Lahoti

20th October 2014

Glass Fibre Reinforced Composites

• Polymer: Polypropylene• Processing Conditions• Micro-CT Images: DICOM Format

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• Peak Fitting (Sample 1)

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• Segmentation based on Gaussian Likelihood Maximization

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• Peak Fitting (Sample 1)

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• Segmentation based on Gaussian Likelihood Maximization2-Phase Segmented Image (Sample 1)3-Phase Segmented Image (Sample 1)

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• Peak Fitting (Sample 2)

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• Peak Fitting (Sample 2)2-Phase Segmented Image (Sample 2)3-Phase Segmented Image (Sample 2)

Isolating Fibers