TY - GEN
T1 - Optical fiber Bragg grating sensors for process monitoring in advanced composites
AU - Oromiehie, Ebrahim
AU - Prusty, B. Gangadhara
AU - Rajan, Ginu
AU - Compston, Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/5/26
Y1 - 2016/5/26
N2 - The potential for increased productivity offered by automated tape placement method has opened up a wider range of applications as well as new markets for lightweight, fiber-reinforced composite materials in various industries. However, different flaws such as voids or delaminations may still occur during or after layup. In the experimental work presented in this paper, glass fiber/HDPE laminates with embedded fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are fabricated using automated tape placement method and the lay-up process conditions are monitored by FBG sensors. The results indicate that embedded FBGs can be reliably used for on-line monitoring of lay-up process and ensure the quality of final product.
AB - The potential for increased productivity offered by automated tape placement method has opened up a wider range of applications as well as new markets for lightweight, fiber-reinforced composite materials in various industries. However, different flaws such as voids or delaminations may still occur during or after layup. In the experimental work presented in this paper, glass fiber/HDPE laminates with embedded fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are fabricated using automated tape placement method and the lay-up process conditions are monitored by FBG sensors. The results indicate that embedded FBGs can be reliably used for on-line monitoring of lay-up process and ensure the quality of final product.
KW - automated tape placement
KW - fiber Bragg grating
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84977567109&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SAS.2016.7479849
DO - 10.1109/SAS.2016.7479849
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - SAS 2016 - Sensors Applications Symposium, Proceedings
SP - 222
EP - 226
BT - SAS 2016 - Sensors Applications Symposium, Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 11th IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2016
Y2 - 20 April 2016 through 22 April 2016
ER -