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Textile carbon reinforcement structures with integrated optical fibre sensors designed for SHM applications
  An optical fibre-based strain sensor “stitched” to a functionalised carbon structure (FCS) that can be used for structural health monitoring is introduced. The aim of the design is not only to monitor strain, but also to strengthen the structure. The integration of optical fibres on FCS is achieved by “interweaving” the two elements on a polymer textile substrate using a specialised fabrication process. The sensor was then characterised using a fibre-optic Mach-Zehnder interferometric setup. Two different functionalised skein samples (incorporating optical fibres) were tested and a good correlation between the applied force and measured length change was observed.

  • Date:

    23 April 2017

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    SPIE

  • DOI:

    10.1117/12.2264915

  • Library of Congress:

    TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    621.36 Optical engineering including lasers & fibre optics

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Alwis, L. S. M., Bremer, K., Weigand, F., Kuhne, M., Helbig, R., & Roth, B. (2017). Textile carbon reinforcement structures with integrated optical fibre sensors designed for SHM applications. In W. Jin, Y. Chung, B. Lee, J. Canning, K. Nakamura, & L. Yuan (Eds.), OFS-25 Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2264915

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Keywords

Carbon, Chemical elements, Fiber optics sensors, Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, Integrated optics, Optical design, Optical fibers, Sensors, Structural health monitoring, Structured optical fibers

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