Monitoring of reinforced composites processed by microwave radiation using fiber-Bragg gratings

David Barrera; Inma Roig; Salvador Sales; Rudolf Emmerich

doi:10.1117/12.2052120

15 May 2014 Monitoring of reinforced composites processed by microwave radiation using fiber-Bragg gratings

David Barrera, Inma Roig, Salvador Sales, Rudolf Emmerich

Proceedings Volume 9141, Optical Sensing and Detection III; 91410Z (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2052120
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2014, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

The use of microwave radiation for curing carbon-fiber reinforced polymer materials (CFRP) can solve the nonhomogeneous heating problems when using conventional techniques based on the use of catalysts and can reduce the processing times. Optical fiber sensors have well-known advantages for Fiber Reinforced Composites (FRC) monitoring. In this paper fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are used for online monitoring of the residual stress and distortions produced during the microwave curing process. The CFRP samples are composed by layers of unidirectional carbon fibers and epoxy resin. The results show a very different behavior between the direction of carbon fibers and the perpendicular direction. Results are compared with the conventional processing technique.

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David Barrera, Inma Roig, Salvador Sales, and Rudolf Emmerich "Monitoring of reinforced composites processed by microwave radiation using fiber-Bragg gratings", Proc. SPIE 9141, Optical Sensing and Detection III, 91410Z (15 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2052120

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