Structural health monitoring of composite structures using fiber optic methods / editor, Ginu Rajan and B. Gangadhara Prusty
Published
Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, a CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T & F Informa, plc, [2016]
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction to Composite Materials and Smart Structures; Chapter 2: Structural Health Monitoring Methods for Composite Materials; Chapter 3: Introduction to Optical Fiber Sensors; Chapter 4: Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Materials Using Fiber Bragg Gratings; Chapter 5: Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Materials Using Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensors
Chapter 6: Importance of Strain Transfer Effects for Embedded Multiaxial Strain Sensing and Optical Fiber Coating OptimizationChapter 7: Monitoring Process Parameters Using Optical Fiber Sensors in Composite Production; Chapter 8: FBG-Based Structural Performance Monitoring and Safety Evaluation of a Composite Arch Bridge; Chapter 9: Smart Composite Textiles with Embedded Optical Fibers; Chapter 10: Smart Aerospace Composite Structures; Chapter 11: Advances in FRP-Based Smart Components and Structures
Summary
This highly comprehensive, introductory book explains the basics of structural health monitoring aspects of composite structures. This book serve as an all-in-one reference book in which the reader can receive a basic understanding of composite materials, manufacturing methods, the latest types of optical fiber sensors used for structural health monitoring of composite structures, and demonstrated applications of the use of fiber sensors in a variety of composite material structures. The content draws upon the authors' and distinguished contributors' extensive research/teaching and industrial experience to fully cover the structural health monitoring of composite materials using fiber optic sensing methods
