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Composite damage detection with self-sensing fibers and thermal sprayed electrodes

  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

Production of novel damage sensor system for carbon fiber-reinforced composite structures is presented. It utilizes carbon fibers as self-sensing sensors. Two key components are the fabrications of electrodes required to measure electrical resistivity changes due to damage, and the development of robust data interpretation scheme to diagnose the damage stage. The former takes the advantage of new technology based on the thermal spray process in which molten copper are directly deposited onto composite laminate surfaces to fabricate network of electrodes. The latter task relies on the simulation study and the optimization/inverse analysis to estimate damage state through processing of measured data. The initial experimental measurements on composite laminates with artificially made damage indicate increased resistivity among thermal sprayed electrodes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComposite Materials and Joining Technologies for Composites - Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Pages123-129
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics - Costa Mesa, CA, United States
Duration: Jun 11 2012Jun 14 2012

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
Volume7
ISSN (Print)2191-5644
ISSN (Electronic)2191-5652

Conference

Conference2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCosta Mesa, CA
Period06/11/1206/14/12

Keywords

  • Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)
  • Self-sensing fibers
  • Structural health monitoring

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