Title

Determination of fracture parameters using embedded fiber-optic sensors

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

12-1-1991

Abstract

The applicability of embedded fiber-optic sensors for the determination of fracture parameters is demonstrated. A Mach-Zehnder interferometric setup is used and mode-1 stress-intensity factors are obtained by embedding single-mode fibers in single-edge-notched specimens fabricated from Plexiglas. Optical fibers are embedded in-plane to measure axial strains at various depths and also in the transverse direction to measure the transverse strains, from which stress-intensity factors are determined. In both cases the experimental results compare well with the theoretical predictions. © 1991 Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Experimental Mechanics

Volume

31

Issue

4

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