High-strain Fiber Bragg Gratings for Structural Fatigue Testing of Military Aircraft

This paper reports on an experimental program of work which investigates the reliability, durability, and packaging of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) for application as distributed strain sensors during structural fatigue testing of military platforms. The influence of the FBG fabrication process on se...

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Published in:	Photonic sensors (Berlin) Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 215 - 224
Main Authors:	Davis, Claire, Tejedor, Silvia, Grabovac, Ivan, Kopczyk, James, Nuyens, Travis
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Beijing University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 01-09-2012
Subjects:	Lasers Measurement Science and Instrumentation Microwaves Optical Devices Optics Photonics Physics Physics and Astronomy Regular RF and Optical Engineering Fiber Bragg grating draw tower grating structural testing strain sensor
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Summary:	This paper reports on an experimental program of work which investigates the reliability, durability, and packaging of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) for application as distributed strain sensors during structural fatigue testing of military platforms. The influence of the FBG fabrication process on sensor reliability is investigated. In addition, methodologies for broad-area packaging and surface-mounting of FBG sensing arrays to defense platforms are developed and tested.
ISSN:	1674-9251 2190-7439
DOI:	10.1007/s13320-012-0066-3