A state-of-the-art review is presented regarding the research and development of in situ fibre
optic damage detection and assessment systems (FODDAS) embedded in fibre-reinforced …

Structurally integrated sensors which are capable of continuous structural health monitoring
represent an attractive option in view of their potential for providing real-time …

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) can be understood as the integration of sensing and
intelligence to enable the structure loading and damage-provoking conditions to be …

Resistive temperature sensors on two different commercially available uncoated paper
substrates have been manufactured using inkjet printing of silver nanoparticles. Their …

Measurement of two-dimensional bending in a structural element using intrinsic optical fibre
strain gauges would normally require three sensors to be attached to, or embedded within …

Structural health monitoring of fiber reinforced composites is an extensive field of research
that aims to reduce maintenance costs through in-situ damage detection. However, the need …

The overall aim of the research, part of which is outlined in this paper, was to utilize the
ultrasonic consolidation (UC) process for the fabrication of smart metal structures, capable of …

In this paper (Part I) the use of fiber optic sensors for real-time monitoring of the cure kinetics
of GFRP composites is explored. The proposed sensing system allows the simultaneous …

Fibre-optic Bragg grating (FBG) sensors have been recognised as one of the smart localised
and globalised structural health monitoring devices for many structural applications. A …

Online deformation monitoring, while of paramount importance in safety evaluation for
aerospace composite tanks, is highly challenging due to the complex strain distributions in …