Monitoring of fatigue damage of composite structures by using embedded intensity-based optical fiber sensors

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 285-292

  Lee, D C ^a   Lee, J J ^a   Kwon, I B ^b   Seo, D C ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DILATOMETERS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SENSORS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN GAGES; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

INTENSITY BASED OPTICAL FIBERS (IBOF);

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0035303638     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/10/2/313     Document Type: Article

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