Composite materials: Damage detection
Engineers are relying more and more on fibre-reinforced composite materials in modern aerospace, automotive, and civil structures. Due to the inhomogeneous, layered, and directional nature of these materials, the modes by which they fail can be extremely complex and difficult to model, locate, quantify, and track.
4DSP’s distributed strain sensing technology allows engineers to detect and pinpoint various types of composite failure – all while avoiding vehicle downtime and other timely non-destructive methods.
The company’s interrogation instrument, the RTS150, can pick up on unique strain profiles, informing engineers of the location, mode, severity and propagation of composite failure.
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