Low Velocity Impact Detection and Damage
Assessment in
Composite Materials Using Fibre Bragg Grating
Sensors
Leonidas Dokos,
Matthew Mowlem, Alan Chambers, Gilberto Brambilla* and Valerio
Pruneri*
Department of
Engineering Materials, University of Southampton,
*Optoelectronics
Research Centre, University of Southampton,
Southampton, United Kingdom (SO17 1BJ)
Keywords: composite materials, carbon/epoxy laminate, low
velocity impact, impact damage,
detection, assessment, fibre optic sensors, residual strains, fibre
bragg gratings