Towards micro-structured optical fiber sensors for transverse strain sensing in smart composite materials

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 109-112

  Sulejmani, Sanne ^a   Sonnenfeld, Camille ^a   Geernaert, Thomas ^a   Berghmans, Francis ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^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  

^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AXIAL STRAIN; FEM SIMULATIONS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; FIBER SENSOR; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE SENSITIVITY; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SECOND GENERATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TRANSVERSE STRAIN;

CARBON FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; STRAIN;

SENSORS;

EID: 84856939831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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