Integration of Cu-coated single-mode optical fiber into carbon/PEEK composite for distributed structural health
monitoring based on Rayleigh backscatter reflectometry

Milan Steffen; Marcus Schukar

doi:10.1117/12.2025280

20 May 2013 Integration of Cu-coated single-mode optical fiber into carbon/PEEK composite for distributed structural health monitoring based on Rayleigh backscatter reflectometry

Milan Steffen, Marcus Schukar

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Proceedings Volume 8794, Fifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors; 879430 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025280
Event: Fifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, 2013, Krakow, Poland

Abstract

In this paper a technique for integrating copper coated silica optical fibers into AS-4/PEEK composite for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is presented. The integration steps are described in detail. X-ray and microscopic images indicate a successfully integrated optical fiber which does not seem to affect the fiber/matrix distribution around it. Optical backscatter reflectometry shows losses of approximately 2dBm^-1 along the integrated parts of the optical fiber due to temperature induced shrinkage of the composite.

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Milan Steffen and Marcus Schukar "Integration of Cu-coated single-mode optical fiber into carbon/PEEK composite for distributed structural health monitoring based on Rayleigh backscatter reflectometry", Proc. SPIE 8794, Fifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, 879430 (20 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025280

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