Broad area damage detection in composites using fibre Bragg grating arrays

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 724-732

  Davis, Claire E ^a   Norman, Patrick ^a   Ratcliffe, Colin ^b   Crane, Roger ^c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibre Bragg grating; inverse structural irregularity and damage evaluation routine; modal analysis; structural health monitoring; structural irregularity and damage evaluation routine

Indexed keywords

AREA DETECTION; BRAGG GRATING ARRAY; COMPOSITE PANELS; DAMAGE EVALUATION; DENSE NETWORK; GRID POINTS; IMPACT DAMAGES; IMPACT EXCITATION; SENSING NETWORKS; STRAIN SENSORS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS;

BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MODAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

EID: 84868680365     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921712455681     Document Type: Article

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