Embedded optical fiber Bragg grating sensors for the measurement of crack bridging forces in composites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4694, Issue , 2002, Pages 94-105

  Studer, Michel ^a   Peters, Kara ^b   Botsis, John ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Crack bridging; Damage; Fracture; Nondestructive evaluation; Optical fiber Bragg grating

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; FABRICATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GLASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACK BRIDGING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0036378996     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.472607     Document Type: Article

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