The mechanical performance of pultruded composite rods with embedded fiber-optic sensors

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1161-1169

  Kalamkarov, Alexander L ^a   Fitzgerald, Stephen B ^a   MacDonald, Douglas O ^a   Georgiades, Anastasis V ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibres; A. Glass fibres; E. Pultrusion; Fibre optic sensors

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DILATOMETERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PULTRUSION; STRAIN GAGES;

FABRY-PEROT SENSOR; PULTRUDED COMPOSITE RODS;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033686732     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0266-3538(00)00021-x     Document Type: Article

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