In-Situ Cure Monitoring of Wind Turbine Blades by Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors and Fresnel Reflection Measurement

In-Situ Cure Monitoring of Wind Turbine Blades by Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors and Fresnel Reflection Measurement

A fiber-optic cure monitoring system is proposed to measure curing status of composite structure such as a large scale wind turbine blade. The monitoring is based on the measurement of Fresnel reflectivity at the optical fiber/epoxy resin interface. The refractive index of epoxy resin varies through...

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Main Authors: Umesh Sampath, Hyunjin Kim, Dae-gil Kim, Young-Chon Kim, Minho Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-07-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
cure monitoring
Fresnel reflectivity
fiber Bragg grating
distorted sensors
Gaussian curve fitting
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/8/18229

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