Strain gauge printed on carbon weave for sensing in carbon fiber reinforced plastics
Authors:
- 1 October 2016
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 1-3
Abstract
A new and innovative approach to integrate a printed strain gauge in carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) is presented. Therefore the carbon weave is prepared by locally applying epoxy resin and curing it. Thus a plateau is created on the carbon weave on which a strain gauge is screen printed. Within this step the electrical interconnections are printed too and no cables have to be integrated. The final “sensorial” carbon weave is integrated in a CFRP beam by common prepreg technology. Characterization is done in a three point bending test by bending the CFRP beam and measuring the change in resistance of the strain gauge. It is shown that there is a correlation between the deflection of the beam and the sensor response. The generated data of the strain gauge can be used in applications like condition monitoring or structural health monitoring.Keywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Miniaturized Flexible Interdigital Sensor for In Situ Dielectric Cure Monitoring of Composite MaterialsIEEE Sensors Journal, 2014
- Integration Without Disruption: The Basic Challenge of Sensor IntegrationIEEE Sensors Journal, 2013
- Rotary ultrasonic machining of carbon fiber reinforced plastic composites: An experimental study on cutting temperatureJournal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 2012
- Damage localisation in plate-like structures based on PZT sensorsMechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2009
- Fibre Bragg gratings in structural health monitoring—Present status and applicationsSensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2008
- An introduction to structural health monitoringPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2006
- Tuned Lamb Wave Excitation and Detection with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health MonitoringJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2005
- Recent applications of fiber optic sensors to health monitoring in civil engineeringEngineering Structures, 2004