Detecting an arrested crack in a foam-core sandwich structure using an optical fiber sensor embedded in a crack arrester

Advanced Composite Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 419-433

  Minakuchi, Shu ^a   Yamauchi, Ippei ^a   Takeda, Nobuo ^a   Hirose, Yasuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

crack arrester; Foam core sandwich; interface crack; optical fiber sensors; structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

CRACK ARRESTERS; FOAM CORE; INTERFACE CRACK; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; DAMAGE DETECTION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SENSORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

CRACK DETECTION;

EID: 80051675329     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/092430411X568205     Document Type: Article

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