A NOVEL FIBER OPTIC PRESSURE SENSOR USED IN COMPOSITE CURE PROCESS MONITORING
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摘要: 无论在军事还是航空航天领域,光纤传感器都是一种极具应用前景的智能化监测手段。目前,将光纤传感器用于纤维增强树脂基复合材料固化过程的监测的研究是一个热点。但由于大多数光纤传感器监测固化过程成本较高,所以还没有被广泛的应用于实际生产当中。开发了一种新型的低成本、高灵敏度、易操作的光纤传感器用于纤维增强树脂基复合材料固化过程的在线监测。光纤传感器的设计基于光纤微弯损耗原理,其监测的直接目标参量为增强纤维所构成的网络所承担的压力变化,可以进而通过Gutowski的树脂流动/纤维变形理论间接得出对于固化过程中的几个关键参量。给出了这种压力传感器的设计制作方法,测定该种传感器在静态和动态下的压力-光损耗响应曲线,分析了该传感器对环境温度与折射率变化的响应。完成了利用微弯压力传感器进行纤维增强复合材料在热压釜中固化成型过程的在线监测实验,获得了良好的结果。Abstract: Fiber optic sensor has been proved a very promising monitoring method in many fields such as arms and aerospace industry. One of its most popular applications is the cure process monitoring of advanced fiber reinforced resin matrix composite. The main obstacle of wide utilization of this technique is the high cost and complex modulation technology. A novel fiber optic sensor was developed, which has the feature of high sensitivity and low cost and is easy to handle, to do the job. The fiber optic sensor is developed based on fiber optic microbend losses and aimed to monitor the pressure variation, through which key information to the cure can be obtained through computation directly or indirectly, on the reinforced fiber network during the cure process. In this presentation, the design and preparation of the sensor is given. The dynamic and static response of the fiber optic pressure sensor under pressure is tested. The influence of the temperature and refractive index variation around the sensor on the response of the sensor's signal attenuation is dicussed. On the basis of the fiber optic pressure sensor, a portable instrument is integarted, which includes laser diode, detector, A/D, etc. With it in-situ monitoring of the cure process of fiber reinforced composite laminates is carried out and good result is obtained.
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Key words:
- fiber optic sensors /
- microbend /
- composite /
- cure
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