Performance analysis of composite materials embedded with optical fibre sensors

Authors

Ginu Rajan, University of WollongongFollow
Manjusha Ramakrishnan, Dublin Institute Of Technology
Yuliya Semenova, Dublin Institute Of Technology
Gerald farrell, Dublin Institute Of Technology
Andrzej Domanski, Warsaw University of Technology
Anna Boczkowska, Warsaw University of Technology
Tomasz Wolinski, Warsaw University of Technology

RIS ID

103042

Publication Details

G. Rajan, M. Ramakrishnan, Y. Semenova, G. farrell, A. Domanski, A. Boczkowska & T. Wolinski, "Performance analysis of composite materials embedded with optical fibre sensors," in Sensors, 2011 IEEE, 2011, pp. 351-354.

Abstract

A performance analysis and comparison of different types of optical fiber sensors embedded in composite materials are presented in this paper. The different types of fiber sensors used in this study include fiber Bragg gratings, polarimetric fiber sensors and photonic crystal fiber interferometric sensors, embedded in glass and carbon fibre reinforced composite materials. This is the first time a comprehensive comparative performance analysis of different types of optical fiber sensor embedded in both glass and carbon fibre reinforced composite materials has been presented. The different parameters that are measured by the embedded sensors are temperature, strain and vibration in composite materials. The influence of buffer coatings of the optical fiber on sensor performance is also examined.