This paper provides an overview of the different types of fiber optic sensors (FOS) that can
be used with composite materials and also their compatibility with and suitability for …

This paper presents an optoelectronic method for measuring the maximum value of non-
uniformly distributed strain at varying temperature. Use of conjugate a gradient algorithm …

Use of Polarization Maintaining Photonic Crystal Fiber (PMPCF) for structural health
monitoring (SHM) of composites has been proposed and demonstrated for accurate strain …

Composite material structures [1] are widely used in the aerospace, marine, aviation,
transport, sport/leisure, and civil engineering industries [1]. Such composite material …

Composite structures are made from two or more constituent materials with significantly
different physical or chemical properties and they remain separate and distinct in a …

In this paper, a novel application of a temperature-insensitive highly birefringent photonic
crystal fiber (Hi-Bi PCF) is reported, wherein the Hi-Bi PCF used has been embedded in two …

In this work experimental results are presented of strain induced effects on a linear shape
fiber Bragg grating embedded in a composite material. Mechanical analysis of the …

The paper presents influence of the HB1500 bow-tie optical fiber coating on the fiber
angular sensitivity for dynamic stress induced by an acoustic wave. An experimental setup is …

Praca dotyczy nowej grupy materiałów inteligentnych, jakimi są magnetoreologiczne
kompozyty elastomerowe (MRE), złożone z ferromagnetycznych cząstek rozmieszczonych w …

Jedną z metod, która daje możliwości oceny stopnia degradacji nowoczesnych materiałów
kompozytowych jest metoda wykorzystująca czujniki światłowodowe najnowszej generacji …