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Damage detection in composite materials structures under variable loads conditions by using fiber Bragg gratings and principal component analysis, involving new unfolding and scaling methods

  • Julián Sierra-Pérez
  • , Alfredo Güemes
  • , Luis E. Mujica
  • , Magda Ruiz

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    Abstract

    An innovative methodology based on the use of fiber Bragg gratings as strain sensors and strain field pattern recognition is proposed for damage detection in composite materials structures. The strain field pattern recognition technique is based on principal component analysis. Damage indices (T2 and Q) and detection thresholds are presented. New techniques for unfolding and scaling tridimensional matrices arrays obtained from structures working under variable load conditions are presented.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1346-1359
    Number of pages14
    JournalJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
    Volume26
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 3 Jul 2015

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © The Author(s) 2014.

    Keywords

    • Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs)
    • damage detection.
    • principal component analysis (PCA)
    • structural health monitoring (SHM)

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