11–16 Dec 2022
Australia/Adelaide timezone
Co-locating with the 7th International Workshop of Specialty Optical Fibres and Their Applications (WSOF), the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP), and the Conference on Optoelectronlc and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD)

Embedding Fibre Sensors in 3D Printed Lightweight Aircraft Structures

Not scheduled
15m
Hall A (Adelaide Convention Centre)

Hall A

Adelaide Convention Centre

Talk (preferred) WSOF: Fibre sensors 7th International Workshop on Speciality Optical Fibres

Speaker

Luke Pollock (UNSW Canberra)

Description

This work explores embedded fibre optic sensors in lightweight PLA during 3D printing for applications in aircraft structures. The sensors are used for strain and shape sensing of a wind tunnel model of a box-wing.

Author

Luke Pollock (UNSW Canberra)

Co-authors

Mr Alexander Somerville (UNSW Canberra) Graham Wild (UNSW)

Presentation materials