Broad-area detection of structural irregularities in composites using fibre Bragg gratings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7647, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Davis, Claire E ^a   Norman, Patrick ^a   Moss, Scott ^a   Ratcliffe, Colin ^b   Crane, Roger ^c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating; Modal analysis; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

AREA DETECTION; BROADBAND VIBRATION; CONVENTIONAL INSPECTION METHODS; DAMAGE EVALUATION; FIBRE BRAGG GRATING; GLASS/VINYL ESTER; GRID POINTS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; IMPACT EXCITATION; IN-PLANE STRAINS; INSPECTION TOOLS; INTENSITY-BASED; MEASUREMENT GRIDS; RESPONSE MEASUREMENT; SINGLE POINT; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL VIBRATIONS; SWEPT WAVELENGTH; TEST BEAM;

ACCELEROMETERS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; ESTERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; HEALTH; INSPECTION; MODAL ANALYSIS; MONITORING; SENSORS; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 77953501142     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.848692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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