Cure monitoring of carbon-epoxy composites by optical fiber-based distributed strain-temperature sensing system

Advanced Composite Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-271

  Ito, Y ^a   Minakuchi, S ^a   Mizutani, T ^a   Takeda, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite; Cure monitoring; Hybrid Brillouin Rayleigh system; Optical fiber

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON-EPOXY COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS; CONVENTIONAL SENSORS; CURE MONITORING; CURE TEMPERATURE; CURING PROCESS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; HYBRID BRILLOUIN-RAYLEIGH SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; OPTICAL FIBER SENSING; RESIDUAL STRAINS; SENSING SYSTEMS; SINGLE OPTICAL FIBERS; STRAIN-TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CARBON; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CURING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMOCOUPLES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

COMPOSITES; CURING; FIBERS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOUPLES;

EID: 84871560316     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243046.2012.723363     Document Type: Article

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