Strain monitoring in glass fiber reinforced composites embedded with carbon nanopaper sheet using Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-140

  Zhao, Xuefeng ^a,c   Gou, Jihua ^b   Song, Gangbing ^c   Ou, Jinping ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; B. Interface interphase; D. Non destructive testing; E. Resin transfer moulding (RTM)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GLASS FIBERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MOLDING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; NANOSENSORS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORS; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

A. NANO-STRUCTURES; B. INTERFACE/INTERPHASE; COMPOSITE SPECIMENS; D. NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; E. RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING (RTM); HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; NOVE L APPROACH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM) IMAGES; STATIC BENDING; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN MONITORING; SURFACE LAYERING; TWO TYPES; VARTM PROCESSES;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES;

EID: 58549110416     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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