title: A micro-computed tomography technique to study the quality of fibre optics embedded in composite materials.
abstract: Quality of embedment of optical fibre sensors in carbon fibre-reinforced polymers plays an important role in the resultant properties of the composite, as well as for the correct monitoring of the structure. Therefore, availability of a tool able to check the optical fibre sensor-composite interaction becomes essential. High-resolution 3D X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography, or Micro-CT, is a relatively new non-destructive inspection technique which enables investigations of the internal structure of a sample without actually compromising its integrity. In this work the feasibility of inspecting the position, the orientation and, more generally, the quality of the embedment of an optical fibre sensor in a carbon fibre reinforced laminate at unit cell level have been proven.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Science and Engineering, Ghent University, Technologiepark 903, 9052 Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium. gachiesu.Chiesura@ugent.be.
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authors.lastname: Chiesura
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Science and Engineering, Ghent University, Technologiepark 903, 9052 Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium. geert.luyckx@ugent.be.
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authors.lastname: Luyckx
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Science and Engineering, Ghent University, Technologiepark 903, 9052 Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium. Eli.Voet@UGent.be.
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authors.lastname: Voet
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Science and Engineering, Ghent University, Technologiepark 903, 9052 Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium. nicolas.lammens@ugent.be.
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authors.lastname: Lammens
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Science and Engineering, Ghent University, Technologiepark 903, 9052 Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Material Science and Engineering, Ghent University, Technologiepark 903, 9052 Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium. joris.degrieck@ugent.be.
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authors.lastname: Degrieck
authors.affiliation: UGCT-Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Manuel.Dierick@ugent.be.
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authors.lastname: Dierick
authors.affiliation: UGCT-Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Luc.VanHoorebeke@UGent.be.
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authors.lastname: Van Hoorebeke
authors.affiliation: UGCT-Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Pieter.Vanderniepen@ugent.be.
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authors.lastname: Vanderniepen
authors.affiliation: Brussels Photonics Team (B-PHOT), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium. ssulejma@b-phot.org.
authors.forename: Sanne
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authors.lastname: Sulejmani
authors.affiliation: Brussels Photonics Team (B-PHOT), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium. csonnenf@b-phot.org.
authors.forename: Camille
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authors.lastname: Sonnenfeld
authors.affiliation: Brussels Photonics Team (B-PHOT), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium. tgeernae@b-phot.org.
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authors.affiliation: Brussels Photonics Team (B-PHOT), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium. fberghma@b-phot.org.
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