Damage monitoring in aluminum-foam sandwich structures based on thermoplastic fibre-metal laminates using fibre Bragg gratings

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1800-1807

  Kuang, K S C ^a   Cantwell, W J ^b   Zhang, L ^c   Bennion, I ^c   Maalej, M ^a   Quek, S T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Layered structures; Fibre Bragg gratings

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENDING STRENGTH; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; POLYPROPYLENES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SENSORS; THERMOPLASTICS;

FIBER-METAL LAMINATE (FML); SANDWICH BEAMS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

FOAMS;

DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MONITORING;

EID: 21644432851     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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