On the effects of the lateral strains on the fiber bragg grating response

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2631-2644

  Lai, Marco ^a   Karalekas, Dimitris ^b   Botsis, John ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biaxial loading; Carbon epoxy; Epoxy; Fiber optic sensor; Hydrostatic pressure; Optomechanical constant

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL LOADING; BRAGG WAVELENGTH SHIFT; CARBON/EPOXY; EPOXY; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MULTI-AXIAL LOADINGS; OPTOMECHANICAL; REINFORCING FIBERS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC SENSING DEVICES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; REINFORCEMENT; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

CARBON; COMPOSITES; EPOXIDES; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INSULATION; NOISE; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORS;

EID: 84875148649     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130202631     Document Type: Article

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