Ultrasonic NDE (nondestructive evaluation) for composite materials using embedded fiber optic interferometric sensors

Kexing Liu; Suzanne M. Ferguson; Andrew Davis; Keith McEwen; Raymond M. Measures

doi:10.1117/12.47795

1 April 1991 Ultrasonic NDE (nondestructive evaluation) for composite materials using embedded fiber optic interferometric sensors

Kexing Liu, Suzanne M. Ferguson, Andrew Davis, Keith McEwen, Raymond M. Measures

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Proceedings Volume 1398, CAN-AM Eastern '90; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.47795
Event: CAN-AM Eastern '90: 1st Canadian-American Eastern Regional Conference on Applications of Optical Engineering, 1990, Rochester, NY, United States

Abstract

An interferometric fiber optic sensor using ordinary single-mode fibers is developed to detect elastic strain waves for nondestructive evaluation of composite materials. This fiber sensor has been embedded in both graphite/epoxy and Kevlar/epoxy composite specimens. Applications of the sensor for detection of acoustic emission and laser generated ultrasound are presented. Limitations of the sensor are also discussed. 1.

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Kexing Liu, Suzanne M. Ferguson, Andrew Davis, Keith McEwen, and Raymond M. Measures "Ultrasonic NDE (nondestructive evaluation) for composite materials using embedded fiber optic interferometric sensors", Proc. SPIE 1398, CAN-AM Eastern '90, (1 April 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.47795

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