Numerical analysis of a smart composite material mechanical component using an embedded long period grating fiber sensor

Dan Savastru; Sorin Miclos; Roxana Savastru; Ion I. Lancranjan

doi:10.1117/12.2188217

21 May 2015 Numerical analysis of a smart composite material mechanical component using an embedded long period grating fiber sensor

Dan Savastru, Sorin Miclos, Roxana Savastru, Ion I. Lancranjan

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Proceedings Volume 9517, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS VII; and Cyber Physical Systems; 95172A (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188217
Event: SPIE Microtechnologies, 2015, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Results obtained by FEM analysis of a smart mechanical part manufactured of reinforced composite materials with embedded long period grating fiber sensors (LPGFS) used for operation monitoring are presented. Fiber smart reinforced composite materials because of their fundamental importance across a broad range of industrial applications, as aerospace industry. The main purpose of the performed numerical analysis consists in final improved design of composite mechanical components providing a feedback useful for further automation of the whole system. The performed numerical analysis is pointing to a correlation of composite material internal mechanical loads applied to LPGFS with the NIR absorption bands peak wavelength shifts. One main idea of the performed numerical analysis relies on the observed fact that a LPGFS embedded inside a composite material undergoes mechanical loads created by the micro scale roughness of the composite fiber network. The effect of this mechanical load consists in bending of the LPGFS. The shifting towards IR and broadening of absorption bands appeared in the LPGFS transmission spectra is modeled according to this observation using the coupled mode approach.

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Dan Savastru, Sorin Miclos, Roxana Savastru, and Ion I. Lancranjan "Numerical analysis of a smart composite material mechanical component using an embedded long period grating fiber sensor", Proc. SPIE 9517, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS VII; and Cyber Physical Systems, 95172A (21 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188217

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