Prediction of the reflected spectra from chirped fibre Bragg gratings embedded within cracked crossply laminates

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1609-1614

  Palaniappan, J ^a   Wang, H ^a   Ogin, S L ^a   Thorne, A ^a   Reed, G T ^a   Tjin, S C ^b   McCartney, L N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chirped fibre Bragg grating; Composite laminates; Matrix cracking damage

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CHIRPED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; COMPOSITE LAMINATES; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC; MATRIX CRACKING DAMAGE;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

CRACK INITIATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646861963     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/6/044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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