Interaction between optical fibre sensors and matrix cracks in cross-ply GRP laminates - part 1: passive optical fibres

被引:13
作者
Barton, EN
Ogin, SL [1 ]
Thorne, AM
Reed, GT
Le Page, BH
机构
[1] Univ Surrey, Sch Mech & Mat Engn, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England
[2] Univ Surrey, Sch Engn Environm, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England
[3] Univ Surrey, Sch Elect Engn Informat & Math, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
smart materials; matrix cracking; passive optical fibres;
D O I
10.1016/S0266-3538(01)00086-0
中图分类号
TB33 [复合材料];
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摘要
The obtrusivity of a passive optical fibre embedded in the 0 degrees ply of a model cross-ply GRP laminate has been investigated experimentally and theoretically. The experimental results show that for quasi-static loading and cyclic loads with a peak strain greater than the quasi-static cracking threshold, both the initiation and development of matrix cracks are insensitive to the presence of the optical fibre. However, for cyclic loading with a peak strain just below the cracking threshold, the matrix crack-growth rate is reduced significantly in the vicinity of the optical fibre. The reduction in the crack-growth rate can be understood in terms of a reduction in the strain-energy release rate for cracking as a consequence of the local stiffening of the 0 degrees ply due to the presence of the optical fibre. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1863 / 1869
页数:7
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