A systems engineering approach to structural health monitoring of composites using embedded optical fibre Bragg sensors for aeronautical applications

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. van Wyk ◽  
Craig V. Roberson
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Optical Fibre ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Engineering Approach

scholarly journals Optimisation of optical fibre using micro-braiding for structural health monitoring

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olubukola Rufai ◽  
Mayank Gautam ◽  
Prasad Potluri ◽  
Matthieu Gresil
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Optical Fibre ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Uniaxial Tensile ◽  
Optical Fibres ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Three Point Bend Test ◽  
Point Bend

Structural health monitoring is a fast growing area used to assess the state of various structures such as aircraft, building, bridge, wind turbine, pipe, automobile through appropriate data processing and interpretation. This article presents a novel technique of optimising the conventional optical fibres used for structural health monitoring, in order to improve their mechanical properties, and handling during the manufacturing process by micro-braiding the optical fibres. This study investigates and compares the tensile properties of the both micro-braided optical fibre and conventional optical fibres through uniaxial tensile tests. Experimental results show 85% improvement in strain at failure for the micro-braided optical fibre when compared to the optical fibres. Moreover, interfacial shear strength comparison, of the braiding yarn, between optical fibres and micro-braided optical fibre (carried out through micro-bond test) has also been conducted. In addition, the effect of embedding both micro-braided and conventional optical fibre in composite was also investigated by three-point bend test. Overall, the mechanical performance of the composite was not affected by the presence of micro-braided optical fibre. This article will also discuss the process and the advantage of micro-braided optical fibre for structural health monitoring.

The possibility of using a plastic optical fibre as a sensing element in civil structural health monitoring

2013 ◽  
Vol T157 ◽  
pp. 014031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragan Z Stupar ◽  
Jovan S Bajić ◽  
Bojan M Dakić ◽  
Miloš P Slankamenac ◽  
Miloš B Živanov
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Optical Fibre ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Sensing Element ◽  
Structural Health

scholarly journals Plastic Optical Fibre Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring: A Review of Recent Progress

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. C. Kuang ◽  
S. T. Quek ◽  
C. G. Koh ◽  
W. J. Cantwell ◽  
P. J. Scully
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Optical Fibre ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Structural Engineering ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Optical Fibres ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Optical Fibre Sensors

While a number of literature reviews have been published in recent times on the applications of optical fibre sensors in smart structures research, these have mainly focused on the use of conventional glass-based fibres. The availability of inexpensive, rugged, and large-core plastic-based optical fibres has resulted in growing interest amongst researchers in their use as low-cost sensors in a variety of areas including chemical sensing, biomedicine, and the measurement of a range of physical parameters. The sensing principles used in plastic optical fibres are often similar to those developed in glass-based fibres, but the advantages associated with plastic fibres render them attractive as an alternative to conventional glass fibres, and their ability to detect and measure physical parameters such as strain, stress, load, temperature, displacement, and pressure makes them suitable for structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. Increasingly their applications as sensors in the field of structural engineering are being studied and reported in literature. This article will provide a concise review of the applications of plastic optical fibre sensors for monitoring the integrity of engineering structures in the context of SHM.

scholarly journals Aerospace-grade surface mounted optical fibre strain sensor for structural health monitoring on composite structures evaluated against in-flight conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 065008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney Goossens ◽  
Ben De Pauw ◽  
Thomas Geernaert ◽  
Mohammad Saleh Salmanpour ◽  
Zahra Sharif Khodaei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Optical Fibre ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Strain Sensor ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Fibre Strain

scholarly journals Cure monitoring and structural health monitoring of composites using micro-braided distributed optical fibre

2020 ◽  
Vol 254 ◽  
pp. 112861
Author(s):  
Olubukola Rufai ◽  
Neha Chandarana ◽  
Mayank Gautam ◽  
Prasad Potluri ◽  
Matthieu Gresil
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Optical Fibre ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Cure Monitoring
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