Chirped fiber-bragg grating as self-temperature referenced strain sensor in nonisothermal thermoset processing

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-117

  Cusano, Andrea ^a   Capoluongo, Patrizio ^a   Cutolo, Antonello ^a   Giordano, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chirped fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Cure monitoring; Fiber optic sensors; Strain sensor; Temperature compensation; Thermal apparent strain

Indexed keywords

CHIRPED FIBER-BRAGG GRATINGS (FBG); CURE MONITORING; STRAIN SENSOR; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; THERMAL APPARENT STRAIN;

CURING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; RESINS; STRAIN RATE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOSETS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 31144459856     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.856546     Document Type: Article

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