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Optimization of 3D printed integrated sensors for composite materials
Integrated sensors aid in real-time damage detection in structural components for aerospace wind turbines, prosthesis and automobiles. The application of these sensors starts even before the service life of the product via online monitoring during cure, repairs and lasts beyond its design life.
Keywords: composites, 3D printing, sensors
The requirements for the integrated sensors are: (i) robustness, (ii) resistance to service environment, (iii) accuracy and reliability, and above all (iv) low price and low power consumption. When the sensor is attached to the substrate, the sensor output is directly proportional to the surface displacement.
Sensor incorporation into the structure though adds in more complexity into the fabrication process but improves the robustness and life of the sensor. One disadvantage with embedded sensors can be their replacement upon damage.
The requirements for the integrated sensors are: (i) robustness, (ii) resistance to service environment, (iii) accuracy and reliability, and above all (iv) low price and low power consumption. When the sensor is attached to the substrate, the sensor output is directly proportional to the surface displacement. Sensor incorporation into the structure though adds in more complexity into the fabrication process but improves the robustness and life of the sensor. One disadvantage with embedded sensors can be their replacement upon damage.
- Optimize the 3D printing of already developed integrable sensors
- Troubeshooting for sensor integration, isolation from the conductive prepregs
- Design and optimize new technologies for embedded sensors
- Incorporate the developed sensors into biomedical devices and aerospace structures for structural health monitoring
Your Profile: Experience with sensing technologies, data acquisition, LabVIEW. Experience and interest with material design and development.
- Optimize the 3D printing of already developed integrable sensors - Troubeshooting for sensor integration, isolation from the conductive prepregs - Design and optimize new technologies for embedded sensors - Incorporate the developed sensors into biomedical devices and aerospace structures for structural health monitoring
Your Profile: Experience with sensing technologies, data acquisition, LabVIEW. Experience and interest with material design and development.