Description
Book SynopsisThis highly comprehensive, introductory book explains the basics of structural health monitoring aspects of composite structures. This book serve as an all-in-one reference book in which the reader can receive a basic understanding of composite materials, manufacturing methods, the latest types of optical fiber sensors used for structural health monitoring of composite structures, and demonstrated applications of the use of fiber sensors in a variety of composite material structures. The content draws upon the authors' and distinguished contributors' extensive research/teaching and industrial experience to fully cover the structural health monitoring of composite materials using fiber optic sensing methods.
Trade Review"A well-edited and well-titled text that offers the reader a solid and detailed reference perspective of the topics using the appropriate tools at the appropriate locations."
—Noise Control Engineering Journal, May/June 2017
Table of ContentsComposite Materials and Structures. Introduction to Composite Materials. Fabrication Methods of Advanced Composite Structures. Industrial Applications of Composite Materials. Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Materials and Structures: Requirements and Industry Standards. Fiber Optic Sensors for Composite Material Structures. Introduction to Fiber Optic Sensors. Fiber Optic Sensors for Composite Structures: Challenges and Requirements. Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures using Fiber Optic Polarimetric Sensors; Composite Materials Structural Health Monitoring using Fiber Bragg Gratings; Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Materials using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors. Fiber Optic Acoustic Sensors and its Applications in SHM of Composite Materials. Composite Materials with Embedded Micro-Structured Fiber Sensors. Smaller Diameter Optical Fiber Sensors for Automated Composite Structure Manufacturing. Demonstrated Applications of Smart Composite Structures. Optical Fiber Sensing for Aerospace Composite Structures. Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbine Blades Using Fiber Optic Methods. Fiber Optic Structural Health Monitoring Systems for Marine Composite Structures. Civil Engineering Applications of Smart Composite Structures; Shape Adaptive Smart Composite Structures.
