Fiber Bragg grating sensors toward structural health monitoring in composite materials: Challenges and solutions

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 7394-7419

  Kinet, Damien ^a   Mégret, Patrice ^a   Goossen, Keith W ^b   Qiu, Liang ^c   Heider, Dirk ^b   Caucheteur, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Source Photonics   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Connectors; Fiber Bragg gratings; Interrogation techniques; Optical fibers; Sensors; Strain; Structural health monitoring; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL); FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SENSORS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; TEMPERATURE;

AMPLITUDE SPECTRA; EMBEDDED OPTICAL FIBERS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM);

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

COMPOSITES; FIBER OPTICS; SENSORS; STRAINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84899130206     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140407394     Document Type: Review

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