Internal strain measurements in cross-ply carbon-epoxy composite plates under dynamic
loads are carried out using embedded FBG sensors. The principle of the FBG interrogation …

Stretchable strain sensor has been widely applied to structural health monitor in the
aerospace, high-speed train, wear electronics, and civil engineering areas. Stretchable …

Composite sandwich structures have emerged as versatile materials that leverage creative
material combinations to enhance performance in aerospace, automotive, marine, and …

The measurement of high frequency vibrations is important in many scientific and
engineering problems. This paper presents a novel, cost effective method using fiber optic …

The paper reports on the wavelength stabilization of high-power laser diode multi-emitter
modules using as the external reflectors fiber Bragg gratings that are directly inscribed into …

A comparative study is presented between Bragg grating (FBG) and polarimetric sensors
(PS), two of the most promising fiber optic sensing techniques for the structural health …

This paper reviews a couple of simple and low-cost techniques suitable to interrogate the
fiber Bragg grating sensors used in structural health monitoring and provides few examples …

In this work, we have successfully fabricated the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with 1 cm and 3
cm grating length, respectively. The different grating length fabricated by adjusting the slit …

Embodiments relate to displacement estimation, and more particularly relate to a method of
estimating displacement of a bridge based on a strain and an acceleration of the bridge and …

Fibre reinforced materials are increasingly employed in aerospace, naval and civil structures
because of their low weight and high specific strength and stiffness. A major concern is the …