Design of Polarization-Maintaining FBGs Using Polyimide Films to Improve Strain-Temperature Sensing in CFRP Laminates

Uniform Fiber Bragg Grating sensors based on Polarization-Maintaining fibers are designed for simultaneous longitudinal strain and temperature measurement of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer laminates. Panda, Bow tie and Pseudo-rectangle optical fiber shape sections are investigated employing three d...

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Main Authors: Andrea Annunziato, Francesco Anelli, James Gates, Christopher Holmes, Francesco Prudenzano
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Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9366969/
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James Gates
Christopher Holmes
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description Uniform Fiber Bragg Grating sensors based on Polarization-Maintaining fibers are designed for simultaneous longitudinal strain and temperature measurement of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer laminates. Panda, Bow tie and Pseudo-rectangle optical fiber shape sections are investigated employing three different embedding methods, for each optical fiber. The simulation accurately takes into account that the fibers are embedded in unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer and covered between two adhesive polyimide films. An exhaustive, accurate and robust investigation of the mechanisms originating Bragg wavelength shift is developed by considering a complete multiphysical model including: the propagation modes and their interaction, the birefringence, the optomechanical and thermal behaviour of both the optical fiber and the embedding composite material. For the first time, the use of polyimide films is proposed to obtain an increase of temperature sensor sensitivity, reducing the stress-transfer, due to thermal expansion, between the composite laminate and the sensing element. The designed Fiber Bragg Grating sensors are compared and their potential application, for simultaneous strain and temperature measurement of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer is discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-d5862baeb92d49e893b0dbe02dc00b022025-08-20T02:38:05ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552021-01-0113211510.1109/JPHOT.2021.30631729366969Design of Polarization-Maintaining FBGs Using Polyimide Films to Improve Strain-Temperature Sensing in CFRP LaminatesAndrea Annunziato0Francesco Anelli1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3397-224XJames Gates2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5987Christopher Holmes3Francesco Prudenzano4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9347-3218Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, ItalyDepartment of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, ItalyOptoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, ItalyUniform Fiber Bragg Grating sensors based on Polarization-Maintaining fibers are designed for simultaneous longitudinal strain and temperature measurement of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer laminates. Panda, Bow tie and Pseudo-rectangle optical fiber shape sections are investigated employing three different embedding methods, for each optical fiber. The simulation accurately takes into account that the fibers are embedded in unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer and covered between two adhesive polyimide films. An exhaustive, accurate and robust investigation of the mechanisms originating Bragg wavelength shift is developed by considering a complete multiphysical model including: the propagation modes and their interaction, the birefringence, the optomechanical and thermal behaviour of both the optical fiber and the embedding composite material. For the first time, the use of polyimide films is proposed to obtain an increase of temperature sensor sensitivity, reducing the stress-transfer, due to thermal expansion, between the composite laminate and the sensing element. The designed Fiber Bragg Grating sensors are compared and their potential application, for simultaneous strain and temperature measurement of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer is discussed.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9366969/Modelingfiber gratingstheory and designsensors
spellingShingle Andrea Annunziato
Francesco Anelli
James Gates
Christopher Holmes
Francesco Prudenzano
Design of Polarization-Maintaining FBGs Using Polyimide Films to Improve Strain-Temperature Sensing in CFRP Laminates
IEEE Photonics Journal
Modeling
fiber gratings
theory and design
sensors
title Design of Polarization-Maintaining FBGs Using Polyimide Films to Improve Strain-Temperature Sensing in CFRP Laminates
title_full Design of Polarization-Maintaining FBGs Using Polyimide Films to Improve Strain-Temperature Sensing in CFRP Laminates
title_fullStr Design of Polarization-Maintaining FBGs Using Polyimide Films to Improve Strain-Temperature Sensing in CFRP Laminates
title_full_unstemmed Design of Polarization-Maintaining FBGs Using Polyimide Films to Improve Strain-Temperature Sensing in CFRP Laminates
title_short Design of Polarization-Maintaining FBGs Using Polyimide Films to Improve Strain-Temperature Sensing in CFRP Laminates
title_sort design of polarization maintaining fbgs using polyimide films to improve strain temperature sensing in cfrp laminates
topic Modeling
fiber gratings
theory and design
sensors
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9366969/
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