Influence of lamination process on optical fiber sensors embedded in composite material

Piotr Lesiak*, Mateusz Szelg, Daniel Budaszewski, Robert Plaga, Karolina Mileńko, Ginu Rajan, Yuliya Semenova, Gerald Farrell, Anna Boczkowska, Andrzej Domański, Tomasz Woliński

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Abstract

In the paper we present the results of our research on optical fiber sensors embedded into composite material samples. We investigate the influence of the lamination process, axial orientation of an optical fiber sensor and coating of a fiber on stress monitoring of a composite material. In the paper we present two approaches to the case of composite condition monitoring, using a polarimetric fiber optic sensor as well as fiber Bragg gratings. We also present experimental evidence that interaction between a composite material and fiber optic sensors is very significant and depends on many factors such as fiber optic axial orientation and the coating layer surrounding an optical fiber.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2275-2280
Number of pages6
JournalMeasurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation
Volume45
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bragg gratings
  • Composite materials
  • Optical fiber sensors
  • Stress measurement

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