Detecting water accumulation in honeycomb sandwich structures by optical-fiber-based distributed temperature measurement

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2249-2255

  Minakuchi, Shu ^a   Tsukamoto, Haruka ^a   Takeda, Nobuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Honeycomb sandwich structure; Non uniform temperature; Optical fiber; Structural health monitoring; Water ingress

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE LAYERS; AIRCRAFT OPERATORS; BRILLOUIN GAIN SPECTRUM; BRILLOUIN OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HONEYCOMB SANDWICH STRUCTURE; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; NOMEX HONEYCOMBS; NON-UNIFORM TEMPERATURE; NONUNIFORMITY; OPTICAL-FIBER NETWORKS; PEAK FREQUENCIES; PRE-PUMP; SENSING SYSTEMS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRUM WIDTH; STRUCTURAL HEALTH; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; VERIFICATION TESTS; WATER ACCUMULATION; WATER INGRESS;

AIRCRAFT; FIBERS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MONITORING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SENSORS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 79953662281     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X09352813     Document Type: Article

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