Detection of microscopic damages in composite laminates with embedded small-diameter fiber Bragg grating sensors

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 951-958

  Okabe, Yoji ^a   Mizutani, Tadahito ^a   Yashiro, Shigeki ^a   Takeda, Nobuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); A. Smart materials; C. Transverse cracking; Optical fiber sensors

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACKS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRESS;

CRACK DENSITY;

LAMINATES;

CARBON FIBER; DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMER; SENSOR;

EID: 0036601649     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(02)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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