Life cycle monitoring of large-scale CFRP VARTM structure by fiber-optic-based distributed sensing

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 669-676

  Minakuchi, Shu ^a   Takeda, Nobuo ^a   Takeda, Shin Ichi ^b   Nagao, Yosuke ^b   Franceschetti, Alessandro ^c   Liu, Xiaolin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Smart materials; B. Impact behavior; D. Process monitoring; E. Resin transfer molding (RTM)

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN; D. PROCESS MONITORING; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; DISTRIBUTED STRAIN MEASUREMENT; E. RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (RTM); IMPACT BEHAVIOR; IMPACT TEST; INTERNAL STATE; LAY-UP PROCESS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; SINGLE OPTICAL FIBERS; SMART MATERIALS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STIFFENED PANEL; STRAIN CHANGE; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

CARBON FIBERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; MOLDING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; RESINS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 79953652362     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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