Monitoring of marine grade composite doubler plate joints using embedded fiber optic strain sensors

Journal of Advanced Materials

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 52-72

  Silva Muñoz, Rodrigo ^a   Lopez Anido, Roberto A ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPOSITE BRIDGES; DELAMINATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; ESTERS; EXPERIMENTS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOOD ADDITIVES; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; SENSORS; STEEL SHEET; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; TENSILE TESTING;

COMPOSITE JOINTS; CYCLIC LOADINGS; DELAMINATION LENGTHS; DOUBLER PLATES; EMBEDDED FIBERS; EMBEDDED SENSORS; FABRICATION METHODOLOGIES; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENTS; IN SERVICES; LONGITUDINAL STRAINS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPTIC STRAINS; STATIC TENSION TESTS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; TENSION LOADINGS; U.S. NAVIES; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDINGS; VINYL ESTERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 55849101634     PISSN: 10709789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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