Volume 11, Issue 5, 2002

A Method to Measure the Interfacial Shear Stress for Optical Fibres Embedded in Fibre Reinforced Composites

J A Etches and G F Fernando

Engineering Systems Department, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA, UK.

Received 7/02; accepted 10/02)

Abstract

This paper reports on the development of a prepreg-based fabrication technique to manufacture single fibre pull-out test specimens for conducting interfacial bond strength studies. Optical fibres were embedded in 2 and 16-ply unidirectional glass fibre prepreg and processed in an autoclave using conventional procedures. Fibre pull-out tests were conducted on these specimens and the data obtained are comparable to those reported in the literature.

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