Fibre stress of glass fibre reinforced polymeric copmosites on load is determined by using optical fibre as model fiber and by means of laser interference method. In addition, the origination of fibre stress during mo...Fibre stress of glass fibre reinforced polymeric copmosites on load is determined by using optical fibre as model fiber and by means of laser interference method. In addition, the origination of fibre stress during moulding process of composites and the relation between fiber stress of loaded composites and external stress are examined. The experiments show that fibre stress is related to molecular structure of inter facial materials and structure of inter facial layers. When stress is transferred from matrix to fibre, each inter facial layer has different stress gradient and deformability. This property can be characterized by introducing an inter facial stress transfer coefficient k to the two-phase model.展开更多
The microstructure polymer optical fibre (mPOF) inscribed long period grating (LPG) offers a wide field of application in strain sensors arena within the materials elastic limit. Flexible innovative macro fibre compos...The microstructure polymer optical fibre (mPOF) inscribed long period grating (LPG) offers a wide field of application in strain sensors arena within the materials elastic limit. Flexible innovative macro fibre composite (MFC) actuator generates electromechanical force under DC driving voltage. We propose a novel method for Bragg wavelength blue shifting through stretch tuning of mPOF LPG in axial direction under applied DC voltage on attached MFC with LPG. The grating period of mPOF LPG changes refractive index and causes blue shift of Bragg grating fibre wavelength. The shifting governs on the values of generated electromechanically strain transfer from flexible MFC to mPOF LPG and they have potential applications in strain sensor.展开更多
文摘Fibre stress of glass fibre reinforced polymeric copmosites on load is determined by using optical fibre as model fiber and by means of laser interference method. In addition, the origination of fibre stress during moulding process of composites and the relation between fiber stress of loaded composites and external stress are examined. The experiments show that fibre stress is related to molecular structure of inter facial materials and structure of inter facial layers. When stress is transferred from matrix to fibre, each inter facial layer has different stress gradient and deformability. This property can be characterized by introducing an inter facial stress transfer coefficient k to the two-phase model.
文摘The microstructure polymer optical fibre (mPOF) inscribed long period grating (LPG) offers a wide field of application in strain sensors arena within the materials elastic limit. Flexible innovative macro fibre composite (MFC) actuator generates electromechanical force under DC driving voltage. We propose a novel method for Bragg wavelength blue shifting through stretch tuning of mPOF LPG in axial direction under applied DC voltage on attached MFC with LPG. The grating period of mPOF LPG changes refractive index and causes blue shift of Bragg grating fibre wavelength. The shifting governs on the values of generated electromechanically strain transfer from flexible MFC to mPOF LPG and they have potential applications in strain sensor.