Title :
Comparing Polymer Optical Fiber (POF), fiber Bragg gratings and traditional strain gauge for aircraft structural health monitoring
Author :
Gómez, J. ; Zubia, J. ; Aranguren, G. ; Durana, G. ; Illaro, J.A. ; Sáez, I. ; Kirchhof, M. ; Poisel, H. ; Hartl, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of the Basque Country, Bilbao
fDate :
Sept. 30 2008-Oct. 2 2008
Abstract :
Recently, the Polymer Optical Fiber Application Center (POF AC) at the University of Applied Sciences, Nuremberg has developed a polymer optical fiber (POF) elongation sensor. This work analyzes if this design could substitute the traditional strain gauges that are commonly used in structural health monitoring (SHM) tests, or the quite recent sensors based on fiber Bragg gratings.
Keywords :
aircraft testing; condition monitoring; fibre optic sensors; strain gauges; Nuremberg; aircraft structural health monitoring; fiber Bragg gratings; polymer optical fiber elongation sensor; strain gauge; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Capacitive sensors; Monitoring; Optical fiber applications; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Phase detection;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1919-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1920-3
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2008.4653171
