Strain monitoring of braided composites by using embedded fiber-optic strain sensors

Advanced Composite Materials: The Official Journal of the Japan Society of Composite Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 157-170

  Kosaka, Tatsuro ^a   Kurimoto, Hideaki ^a   Osaka, Katsuhiko ^a   Nakai, Asami ^b   Osada, Toshiko ^b   Hamada, Hiroyuki ^b   Fukuda, Takehito ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Braided composites; Cure and health monitoring; strain monitoring; Damage detection; EFPI; FBG; Fiber optic sensors

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING;

BRAIDED COMPOSITES; CURE AND HEALTH MONITORING; DAMAGE DETECTION; EFPI; FBG; STRAIN MONITORING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 11144352833     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568551042580172     Document Type: Article

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