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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2013
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Ichwan M. Zuardy, Hamburg, DE;
Pierre C. Zahlen, Stade, DE;
Clemens Bockenheimer, Bremen, DE;
Oliver Bullinger, Stade, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A system for monitoring a fiber-reinforced composite component in production or in service. The system includes a composite component having reinforcing fibers which are encompassed by a matrix material; at least one optical fiber arranged to extend in a continuous path over a monitoring area of the composite component for contact with the matrix material; a signal generator configured to transmit an optical signal along the at least one optical fiber; and a detector device configured to detect scattering, and in particular backscattering, of the optical signal transmitted along the at least one optical fiber.