Rathod, Vivek T and Hiremath, SR and Mahapatra, Roy D (2014) Strength and fatigue life evaluation of composite laminate with embedded sensors. In: Conference on Smart Sensor Phenomena, Technology, Networks, and Systems Integration, MAR 10-11, 2014, San Diego, CA.
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Prognosis regarding durability of composite structures using various Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) techniques is an important and challenging topic of research. Ultrasonic SHM systems with embedded transducers have potential application here due to their instant monitoring capability, compact packaging potential toward unobtrusiveness and non-invasiveness as compared to non-contact ultrasonic and eddy current techniques which require disassembly of the structure. However, embedded sensors pose a risk to the structure by acting as a flaw thereby reducing life. The present paper focuses on the determination of strength and fatigue life of the composite laminate with embedded film sensors like CNT nanocomposite, PVDF thin films and piezoceramic films. First, the techniques of embedding these sensors in composite laminates is described followed by the determination of static strength and fatigue life at coupon level testing in Universal Testing Machine (UTM). Failure mechanisms of the composite laminate with embedded sensors are studied for static and dynamic loading cases. The coupons are monitored for loading and failure using the embedded sensors. A comparison of the performance of these three types of embedded sensors is made to study their suitability in various applications. These three types of embedded sensors cover a wide variety of applications, and prove to be viable in embedded sensor based SHM of composite structures.
| Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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| Series.: | Proceedings of SPIE |
| Publisher: | SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING |
| Additional Information: | copyright for this article belongs to SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 1000 20TH ST, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA |
| Keywords: | Composite laminate; embedded sensors; fatigue; fracture; CNT nanocomposite; PVDF film; piezoceramic film |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2014 05:03 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jun 2014 05:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/49390 |
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