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Polymer-based composites are rapidly becoming a part of load bearing components in a structure. Composites due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, high stiffness, and favorable environmental resistance have already gained huge interest in aerospace, automobile, and civil industry. Like every other engineering material, composites experience damage. However, unlike metals, damage experienced by a composite is brittle and does not provide any early signs of rupture unit failure. This is one of the primary disadvantages of using composites as load bearing components. In order to employ composite materials as a permanent replacement of traditional structural materials, health monitoring is essential.
This chapter describes the applications of triboluminescent (TL) materials in damage detection experienced by composites along with current techniques used to manufacture such composites. Finally, the chapter concludes by expressing the challenges and further development opportunities for TL applications in polymer-based composites.
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Joshi, K., Scheiner, M., Olawale, D.O., Dickens, T.J. (2016). Triboluminescent Sensors for Polymer-Based Composites. In: Olawale, D., Okoli, O., Fontenot, R., Hollerman, W. (eds) Triboluminescence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38842-7_10
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