Use of a surface-mounted chirped fibre Bragg grating sensor to monitor delamination growth in a double-cantilever beam test
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Sanderson, AR, Ogin, SL, Crocombe, AD, Gower, MRL and Lee, RJ (2012) Use of a surface-mounted chirped fibre Bragg grating sensor to monitor delamination growth in a double-cantilever beam test Composites Science and Technology, 72 (10). 1121 - 1126. ISSN 0266-3538
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.01.02...
Abstract
A surface-mounted chirped fibre Bragg grating (CFBG) sensor has been used for the first time to monitor delamination growth within a composite material (a transparent, unidirectionally reinforced glass fibre/epoxy resin double-cantilever beam (DCB) specimen). The specimens were tested using a constant displacement rate, with the delamination length being measured using complementary techniques: (i) in situ photography, (ii) surface-mounted strain gauges, and (iii) the surface-mounted CFBG sensors. The unidirectionally reinforced DCB specimens showed characteristics typical of such material which complicate the curvature of the beams, i.e. the development of extensive fibre bridging and pronounced R-curve behaviour. To validate the interpretation of the CFBG reflected spectrum, the experimentally determined strains from the surface-mounted strain gauges have been used, together with in situ photographs of the position of the delamination front. Using the CFBG sensor technique, the delamination length was measured to within about 4. mm over the 60. mm sensor length. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
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| Additional Information: | NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Composites Science and Technology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Composites Science and Technology, 72(10), June 2012, DOI 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.01.022. |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering Sciences |
| ID Code: | 722267 |
| Deposited By: | Symplectic Elements |
| Deposited On: | 05 Oct 2012 17:25 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2013 14:33 |
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