Life cycle monitoring and advanced quality assurance of L-shaped composite corner part using embedded fiber-optic sensor

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-161

  Minakuchi, Shu ^a   Umehara, Takahide ^a   Takagaki, Kazunori ^a   Ito, Yusaku ^a   Takeda, Nobuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. L shaped part; B. Optical fiber sensor; C. Spring in; D. Through thickness stress strain

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; BIREFRINGENCE EFFECTS; COMPOSITE PARTS; EMBEDDED SENSORS; FBG SENSOR; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; INTERNAL STATE; KEY ELEMENTS; L-SHAPED; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; SPRING-IN; STRAIN CHANGE; STRENGTH PREDICTION; STRESS/STRAIN; STRUCTURAL HEALTH; TENSILE FAILURES; THROUGH-THICKNESS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; LIFE CYCLE; MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 84874615150     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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