Fiber Optic Cure Sensor for Thermoset Composites

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1989
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Afromowitz, Martin
Lam, Kai-Yuen
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We present recent experimental verification of a new in-situ fiber optic sensor [1] for detecting the curing of thermoset composites. This device is sensitive to the difference between the refractive index of the curing polymer matrix within the composite and that of a fully-cured reference fiber made of the same thermoset material. The method is indifferent to temperature variations imposed during the cure process.

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