Surface-bonded optical fibre sensors for the inspection of CFRP plates using ultrasonic Lamb waves

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 786-787

  Pierce, S G ^a   Philp, W R ^a   Culshaw, B ^a   Gachagan, A ^a   McNab, A ^a   Hayward, G ^a   Lecuyer, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b BERTIN TECHNOLOGIES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DEFECTS; DELAMINATION; INSPECTION; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ULTRASONIC WAVES;

IMPACT DAMAGE; LAMB WAVES; PERSPEX COUPLED PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0030395254     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/5/6/007     Document Type: Article

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