简介：StructurehealthmonitoringbasedondiagnosticLambwaveshasbeenfoundtobeoneofthemostpromisingtechniquesrecently.Thispaperhasabriefreviewofthenewdevelopmentsonthismethodincludingthebasicnovelofthemethod,fundamentalsandmathematicsofLambwavepropagation,narrowbandandwidebandLambwaveexcitationmethods,optimizationofexcitationfactorsanddiagnosticLambwaveinterpretationmethods.

简介：LowfieldNMRtechniquewasappliedtoinvestigatethehydrationofcementpasteswithdifferentwatertocementratiosoradditionofsuperplasticizer.Asanondestructivemethod,thistechniquecanbeusedtomonitorthehydrationkineticsprocessbyfollowingthechangesoflongitudinalrelaxationtime(T1)ofwaterconstrainedinthepastes.TheexperimentalresultsindicatethattheT1distributionsofwaterinthefreshpastenormallyexhibitebimodaldistribution,wherethelargepeakiscorrespondingtothefreewaterwhilethesmalloneiscontributedbythewaterstoredintheflocculations.TimedependenceoftheweightedaverageT1hasagoodagreementwiththehydrationprocessandcouldbedividedintofourstages,ie,initialperiod,dormantperiod,acceleratedperiodandsteadyperiod.Thehydrationmechanismofeachstagewasdescribedbasedonthetheoryofcementchemistry.Inaddition,thetotalsignalintensity,whichisproportionaltothecontentofthephysicallyboundwaterinthesamples,decreasesuccessivelyduringthehydrationreflectingtheconsumptionofphysicallyboundwaterbyhydrationreactions.

简介：Liquidcompositemoulding(LCM)processesareusedtomanufacturehighqualityandcomplex-shapedcompositepartsintheautomotive,marine,aerospaceandcivilindustries.On-linesensingplaysanimportantroleincontrollingthequalityofthefinalproductintheLCMmanufacturingenvironment.Thelong-periodfibergrating(LPG)technology,anewreal-timefiberopticsensorsystem,wasdevelopedtomonitortheflowfrontprogression.Thesensoroperationandcharacterizationundervariousprocessconditionswerediscussedindetail.TheexperimentalresultsshowedthatLPGsensorswererobustandreliabletodetectthearrivalofresinatpre-selectedlocationsinstructureswithlow-mediumfibervolumefraction;howeverwerelimitedatdifferentdepthsinstructureswithhighfibervolumefraction.

简介：Withtheaidofthelatestfiberopticsensingtechnology,parametersinthecureprocessofthermosettingresin-matrixcomposite,suchastemperature,viscosity,voidandresidualstress,canbemonitoredentirelyandefficiently.Inthispaper,experimentresultsofviscositymeasurementincompositecureprocessinautoclaveusingfiberopticsensorsarepresented.Basedonthesensedinformation,acomputerprogramisutilizedtocontrolthecureprocess.Withthistechnology,thecureprocessbecomesmoreapparentandcontrollable,whichwillgreatlyimprovethecuredproductsandreducethecost.