Self-Sensing Polymer Composite: White-Light-Illuminated Reinforcing Fibreglass Bundle for Deformation Monitoring.
The goal of our research was to develop a continuous glass fibre-reinforced epoxy matrix self-sensing composite. A fibre bundle arbitrarily chosen from the reinforcing glass fabric in the composite was prepared to guide white light. The power of the light transmitted by the fibres changes as a result of tensile loading. In our research, we show that a selected fibre bundle even without any special preparation can be used as a sensor to detect deformation even before the composite structure is damaged (before fibre breaking).
['Hegedus|Gergely|G|0000-0002-5146-3545', 'Sarkadi|Tamas|T|', 'Czigany|Tibor|T|0000-0002-5138-0141']
self-sensing polymer composite deformation monitoring light transmission multifunctional composite reinforcing glass fibre