An Experimental Study on the Process Monitoring of Resin Transfer Molded Composite Structures Using Fiber Optic Sensors-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

An Experimental Study on the Process Monitoring of Resin Transfer Molded Composite Structures Using Fiber Optic Sensors

Published:2012-06-27 Issue:4 Volume:134 Page:
ISSN:1087-1357
Container-title:Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
language:en
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Author:

Yildiz Mehmet¹,Ozdemir Nazli G.¹,Bektas Gokhan²,Keulen Casey J.³,Boz Talha¹,Sengun Ege F.¹,Ozturk Cem¹,Menceloglu Yusuf Z.²,Suleman Afzal⁴

Affiliation:

1. e-mail:

2. e-mail: Advanced Composites and Polymer Processing Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Orhanli-Tuzla, 34956 Istanbul, Turkey

3. Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada e-mail:

4. Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada e-mail:

Abstract

Research conducted on in situ process monitoring of resin transfer molded composites with fiber optic sensors is presented. A laboratory scale resin transfer molding (RTM) apparatus was designed and built with the capability of embedding fiber optic sensors and visually observing the resin filling process. Both fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and etched fiber (EF) sensors are embedded into glass fiber reinforcements in the RTM mold and used to monitor the resin flow front and cure. The cure cycle of the resin system utilized in this work is also studied using a Fresnel reflection refractometer (FRR) sensor. The results of this study show that both the FBG and EF sensors can be used efficiently for flow and cure monitoring of the RTM process. The experimental results of the EF and FRR sensors agree with those of the FBG sensors for cure monitoring.

Publisher

ASME International

Subject

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Computer Science Applications,Mechanical Engineering,Control and Systems Engineering

Link

http://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/manufacturingscience/article-pdf/doi/10.1115/1.4006770/6260279/044502_1.pdf

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