Microstructured optical fiber sensors embedded in a laminate composite for smart material applications

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2566-2579

  Sonnenfeld, Camille ^a,b   Sulejmani, Sanne ^a   Geernaert, Thomas ^a   Eve, Sophie ^b   Lammens, Nicolas ^c   Luyckx, Geert ^c   Voet, Eli ^c   Degrieck, Joris ^c   Urbanczyk, Waclaw ^d   Mergo, Pawel ^e   Becker, Martin ^f   Bartelt, Hartmut ^f   Berghmans, Francis ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UMS 3318   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer; Fiber Bragg grating; Strain field monitoring

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 79953316041     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110302566     Document Type: Article

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