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Smart structures research program at Virginia TechA review of the smart structures and avionics research and teaching program that started in 1979 at Virginia Tech is described. Current smart structures research include major efforts in the development of embedded and attached optical fiber and acoustic fiber sensors for cure monitoring, in-service lifetime structural testing, nondestructive evaluation, and impact and damage detection and analysis; of gradual material degradation; sensor signal multiplexing, processing and data handling to achieve near real-time distributed structural analysis; and the integration of embedded sensors, actuators and control electronics to achieve controlled structural response. Special campus facilities used for this work include an optical fiber fabrication facility, an autoclave for composite structure fabrication and curing, and laboratories for optical fiber sensor development, materials response and nondestructive evaluation, structural control testing and computer engineering.
Document ID
19900024149
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Claus, R. O.
(Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. Blacksburg, VA, United States)
Safaai-Jazi, A.
(Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. Blacksburg, VA, United States)
Bennett, K. D.
(Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. Blacksburg, VA, United States)
May, R. G.
(Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. Blacksburg, VA, United States)
Duncan, B. D.
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
90A11204
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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