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Comparison between the Classic Sensor Embedding Method and the Monitoring Patch Embedding Method for Composites Instrumentation

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In this paper, the classic embedding technique, with bared sensors, and a recent proposal, the monitoring patch, are compared with the aim to improve the composites in-core instrumentation. The monitoring patch emerges with the need to industrialize sensors integration inside composite structures; thus, a complete evaluation of its mechanical performance has to be done. Numerical and experimental campaigns are carried out on elementary carbon-epoxy coupons to evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of this procedure compared with the typical interlayer sensor embedding. The results show that the use of monitoring patch does not affect significantly the mechanical performance of instrumented coupons. An instrumentation transfer function (ITF) is proposed to link the information that electronic devices can detect, the mechanical phenomena around these electronic devices and the measurements data acquired by global or local techniques (DIC, FEM, gauges). A good correlation between the strain data acquired and the strain values calculated by FEM confirms the approach of the ITF to evaluate the influence of the monitoring patch on the measured signal.

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Acknowledgments

The present work is part of the research project “Multi-sensor Instrumentation for Composite Materials and Structures (I2MC)” financially supported by the Thematic Advanced Research Network for Aeronautic and Space Sciences & Technologies of Toulouse (RTRA STAE). The first author conveys his special appreciation to the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) for the financial support.

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  1. INSA, UPS, ICA (Institut Clément Ader), Université de Toulouse, 133 C Av. de Rangueil, 31077, Toulouse, France

    M. Torres, F. Collombet, B. Douchin & L. Crouzeix

  2. ESIME Ticomán, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Ticomán 600, C.P. 07340, México D.F, México

    M. Torres

  3. Composites, Expertise & Solutions, 4 Rue Georges Vallerey, 31320, Castanet Tolosan, France

    Y-H. Grunevald

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Torres, M., Collombet, F., Douchin, B. et al. Comparison between the Classic Sensor Embedding Method and the Monitoring Patch Embedding Method for Composites Instrumentation. Appl Compos Mater 21, 707–724 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-013-9368-x

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