Monitoring of fatigue crack growth in composite adhesively bonded joints using Fiber Bragg Gratings

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 207-212

  Bernasconi, Andrea ^a   Carboni, Michele ^a   Comolli, Lorenzo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesively bonded joint; Composite material; Fatigue crack; Fiber Bragg Grating

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE JOINTS; BRAGG GRATINGS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORRELATION DETECTORS; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATES; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ADHESIVELY BONDED JOINTS; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CRACK-TIP POSITION; FATIGUE CRACKS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HEALTH MONITORING; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 80052924877     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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