Opportunities for Structural health monitoring of composite material structures with novel microstructured optical fiber sensors Ghent University
The possibility of embedding optical fiber sensors inside carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) for structural health monitoring purposes has already been demonstrated previously. So far however, the sensitivity of these sensors to transverse load (i.e. out-of-plane load) remained considerably lower than that to axial strain. The design flexibility provided by novel microstructured optical fiber (MOF) technology now allows developing dedicated ...