Integrating Fiber Optic Sensors into Composites using Tailored Fiber Placement

Integrating Fiber Optic Sensors into Composites using Tailored Fiber Placement

Presenter(s)

Rachel Crossman

Comments

Presentation: 2:20-2:40 p.m., Jessie Hathcock Hall 101

Description

Creating composites that have material only where it is needed to add strength, while keeping it absent from locations it is not needed, is a huge advantage to reinforcing parts while keeping them light weight. This is the advantage of tailored fiber placement (TFP). However, making these parts not only able to reinforce high stress areas, but also allowing them to detect the changes in stress/ strain in that area as the part moves and shifts, opens the door for a variety of possibilities in composite manufacturing. This project researched the possibility of this through the creation of a beam integrated with LUNA’s fiber optic sensors. Each side of the beam was reinforced with an optimized TFP design and cured with the sensors embedded. Combining the technologies of TFP and fiber optic sensors allow parts not only to be extremely lightweight but give feedback on the stresses they are undergoing to promote better overall structural health.

Publication Date

4-19-2023

Project Designation

Independent Research

Primary Advisor

Paul Kladitis

Primary Advisor's Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Keywords

Stander Symposium, School of Engineering

Integrating Fiber Optic Sensors into Composites using Tailored Fiber Placement

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