Changes in the reflected spectra of embedded chirped fibre Bragg gratings used to monitor disbonding in bonded composite joints

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2847-2853

  Palaniappan, J ^a   Wang, H ^a   Ogin, S L ^a   Thorne, A M ^a   Reed, G T ^a   Crocombe, A D ^a   Rech, Y ^a   Tjin, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

A. Adhesive joints; B. Disbonding; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); D. Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRAIN;

ADHESIVELY BONDED COMPOSITE JOINTS; DISBONDING; EMBEDDED CHIRPED FIBRE BRAGG GRATINGS; REFLECTED SPECTRA; STRAIN FIELD;

ADHESIVE JOINTS;

ADHESIVE AGENT; COMPOSITE; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE MODEL; REFLECTIVE PROPERTY; SENSOR; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548056479     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.01.028     Document Type: Article

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