Continuous-fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites (CMC) have been proposed as candidates for high-temperature applications. Their architecture and network of porosity have a strong effect on the mechanical behavior. X-ray tomography is a non-destructive technique that allows studying the volume mesostructure of these porous materials. The volume porosity, the open porosity fraction, the con...

Assessing the porosity in Selective Laser Melting (SLM) parts is a challenging issue, and drawback of using existing gray value analysis method to assess difficulty subjectivity selecting uniform grayscale threshold convert single slice binary image highlight porosity. This paper proposes new approach based on use Regression Convolutional Neural Network (RCNN) algorithm predict percent CT scans...

The acoustic properties of porous materials containing dead-end (DE) pores have been proposed by Dupont et al. [J. Appl. Phys. 110, 094903 (2011)]. In the theoretical description, two physical parameters were defined (the dead-end porosity and the average length of the dead-end pores). With the knowledge of the open porosity (measured with non-acoustic methods), and the measurement of kinematic...

Additive manufacturing techniques can produce complex, high-value metal parts, with potential applications as critical metal components such as those found in aerospace engines and as customized biomedical implants. Material porosity in these parts is undesirable for aerospace parts - since porosity could lead to premature failure - and desirable for some biomedical implants - since surface-bre...