Reliability assessment of pultruded FRP reinforcements with embedded fiber optic sensors

Composite Structures

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-78

  Kalamkarov, A L ^a   MacDonald, D O ^a   Fitzgerald, S B ^a   Georgiades, A V ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatigue and creep testing; Fiber optics; Mechanical properties; Pultrusion; Sensors; Smart FRP composites

Indexed keywords

CREEP TESTING; FATIGUE TESTING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; RELIABILITY;

PULTRUSIONS; STRAIN SENSORS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

CREEP; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PULTRUSION; TESTING;

EID: 0033945278     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(00)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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