Structural health monitoring of composite wind blades by fiber bragg grating

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6423, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Guo, Zhan Sheng ^a   Zhang, Junqian ^a   Hu, Hongjiu ^a   Guo, Xingming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite wind blades; Fiber Bragg grating sensors; Health monitoring

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE WIND BLADES; CONSTANT STRESSES; FBG SENSORS; FIBER BRAGG; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS SENSORS; GROWING MARKETS; HEALTH MONITORING; INTERNAL STRAINS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; SMART MATERIALS; STRAIN GAUGES; TESTING PROCESSES; WIND TURBINE INDUSTRY;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE TESTING; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GAGES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TURBINES; WIND POWER; WIND STRESS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 51249122528     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.779233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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