Visual Strain Sensors Based on Fabry–Perot Structures for Structural Integrity Monitoring
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental
2.2. Simulation and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characteristics of the Visual Strain Sensor
3.2. Effects of Upper and Lower Double-GST Layers
3.3. Visualizing the Color Representation of Strain Sensors
3.4. Demonstration of a Structural Health Monitoring Application of Visual Strain Sensors
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Chen, Q.; Liu, F.; Xu, G.; Yin, B.; Liu, M.; **ong, Y.; Wang, F. Visual Strain Sensors Based on Fabry–Perot Structures for Structural Integrity Monitoring. Sensors 2024, 24, 3676. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24113676
Chen Q, Liu F, Xu G, Yin B, Liu M, **ong Y, Wang F. Visual Strain Sensors Based on Fabry–Perot Structures for Structural Integrity Monitoring. Sensors. 2024; 24(11):3676. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24113676
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Qingyuan, Furong Liu, Guofeng Xu, Boshuo Yin, Ming Liu, Yifei **ong, and Feiying Wang. 2024. "Visual Strain Sensors Based on Fabry–Perot Structures for Structural Integrity Monitoring" Sensors 24, no. 11: 3676. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24113676