Structural health monitoring of marine composite structural joints using embedded fiber Bragg grating strain sensors

Composite Structures

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-234

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

^a University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite joints; Delamination; Fatigue; Fiber optic sensors; Finite element analysis; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; ESTERS; FATIGUE TESTING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; HEALTH; MONITORING; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SENSORS; STEEL SHEET; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TENSILE TESTING;

COMPOSITE JOINTS; CRACK GROWTHS; CYCLIC LOADINGS; DOUBLER PLATES; EMBEDDED FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; EMBEDDED FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FATIGUE; FATIGUE TESTS; FBG SENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GLASS/VINYL ESTERS; HEALTH-MONITORING; LONGITUDINAL STRAINS; MARINE COMPOSITES; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; QUASI STATICS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN SENSORS; STRUCTURAL JOINTS; TENSION LOADINGS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

COMPOSITE; FATIGUE; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SENSOR; STRAIN; TESTING;

EID: 61449192398     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.07.027     Document Type: Article

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