1. Surface deformation monitoring and reconstruction of honeycomb structure based on FBG sensors
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Zhaoyu Zheng, Jiyun Lu, and Shulin Liu
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Surface (mathematics) ,Honeycomb structure ,Wavelength ,Materials science ,Fiber Bragg grating ,Honeycomb ,Composite material ,Actuator ,Curvature ,Surface reconstruction - Abstract
Honeycomb structure with high stiffness and light weight is expected to be more applied in the field of morphing wing. We propose a surface reconstruction algorithm based on FBG sensors to reconstruct the surface deformation of honeycomb structure real-timely and rapidly. When flexible honeycomb cores are driven by SMA actuators, the surface curvature monitored by FBG sensing array can be inferred from the changes of central wavelength. According to the surface reconstruction algorithm we proposed, the surface shape can be reconstructed. Composite single-row honeycomb structure specimen consisting of 8 cores, whose cell walls length and thickness is 8mm and 2mm respectively, is bended by electrified SMA actuators into the new steady shape. The experiment shows that the reconstructed surface shape has great agreement with the visual recording surface shape and the error is 5.76% on average.
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- 2015
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