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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0453010
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Improved fibre Bragg grating sensors for detection of structural hot spots. Structural integrity monitoring, to anticipate and prevent failure, is a multi-billion dollar effort worldwide. Detailed assessment of the capability of fibre Bragg gratings to measure strain profiles along the grating length, i.e. intragrating sensing, and thereby detect structural ?hot spots? before failure is essential for effective systems. They will be used to determine strain gradients similar to those found in common problem areas, such as the tips of elliptic notches and disbonding at the ends of composite joints. Additionally, grating refractive index profiles will be characterised using imaging techniques, to assess performance and possible changes to gratings after prolonged use.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2004
End Date: 05-2008
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $267,921.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Mechanical Engineering | Optical Physics | Optical Physics Not Elsewhere Classified | Engineering/Technology Instrumentation |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Industrial instrumentation | Rail equipment | Scientific instrumentation
