Moisture contamination detection in adhesive layer using embedded fibre Bragg grating sensors

Magdalena Mieloszyk; Rohan Soman; Veronica Bonilla Mora; Wieslaw Ostachowicz

doi:10.1117/12.2258209

5 April 2017 Moisture contamination detection in adhesive layer using embedded fibre Bragg grating sensors

Magdalena Mieloszyk, Rohan Soman, Veronica Bonilla Mora, Wieslaw Ostachowicz

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Proceedings Volume 10170, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2017; 101702W (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2258209
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2017, Portland, Oregon, United States

Abstract

The paper presents an application of embedded fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors for moisture contamination detection in an adhesive layer between composite elements. Due to their high corrosion resistance as well as their small size and weight, FBG sensors are a great tool for Structural Health Monitoring of composite structures. Adhesive bonds are very popular in many industrial sectors (e.g. automotive, aerospace). One of the major problems limiting the use of adhesive joints is their sensitivity to moisture from its surroundings. Even 1% of moisture can negatively affect the adhesive bond layer.

The experimental and numerical investigations were performed on two rectangular samples of two glass fibre reinforced composite elements bonded together using an adhesive commonly used in the bonding or repair of aircraft elements. Moisture contamination due to diffusion process changes the volumetric properties of the material induced strain. This strain was measured by FBG sensors embedded in the adhesive layer parallel to the main axis of the sample. The behaviour of the adhesive layer in the analysed sample was also modelled using the finite element commercial code ABAQUS.

Numerical and experimental results confirm the utility of FBG sensors for moisture detection in the adhesive layer even when the amount of moisture is around 2% of the sample weight.

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Magdalena Mieloszyk, Rohan Soman, Veronica Bonilla Mora, and Wieslaw Ostachowicz "Moisture contamination detection in adhesive layer using embedded fibre Bragg grating sensors", Proc. SPIE 10170, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2017, 101702W (5 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2258209

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