Automated fibre placement (AFP) offers high throughput, efficient and accurate
manufacturing methods for making multi-stiffened laminated composites. However …

This paper provides an overview of the different types of fiber optic sensors (FOS) that can
be used with composite materials and also their compatibility with and suitability for …

The present work investigates the integration of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors for
continuous in-situ and in real-time monitoring of strain fields build up as well as of …

Embedded optical fibre sensors are considered for structural health monitoring purposes in
numerous applications. In fibre reinforced plastics, embedded fibre Bragg gratings are found …

In the Internet of Things (IoT), a huge number of sensors, actuators and other equipment for
data acquisition and processing will be interconnected by means of an omnipresent …

A polymer-coated fiber Bragg grating (PCFBG) is examined for real-time temperature and
strain monitoring in composite materials at cryogenic temperatures. The proposed sensor …

In the present work, a phase-field fracture model is developed to create an experimentally
validated, physically motivated, and computationally tractable framework to predict the …

Tilted FBG (TFBG) sensors exhibit capability for simultaneous measurement of temperature
and strain. However, improving the measurement accuracy is difficult. This study examined …

Polymerization reactions are based on complex processes that are somewhat difficult to
predict via mathematical models, especially without experimental data. A method to …

The paper covers detailed investigation on encapsulation and packaging of fiber Bragg
grating (FBG) for strain sensing of concrete structures in embeddable form. Non-uniform …