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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Quality Investigation of Pultruded Carbon Fiber Panels Subjected to Four-Point Flexure via Fiber Optic Sensing.

Zachariah Arwood, Stephen Young, Darren Foster, Dayakar Penumadu

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zachariah ArwoodTickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5349-6279
Stephen YoungTickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Darren FosterTickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1883-3230
Dayakar PenumaduTickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7029-3561

Funding

United States Department of Energy DE-EE006926
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pultruded carbon fiber-reinforced composites are attractive to the wind energy industry due to the rapid production of highly aligned unidirectional composites with enhanced fiber volume fractions and increased specific strength and stiffness. However, high volume carbon fiber manufacturing remains cost-prohibitive. This study investigates the feasibility of a pultruded low-cost textile carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy composite as a promising material in spar cap production was undertaken based on mechanical response to four-point flexure loading. As spar caps are primarily subjected to flexural loading, large-span four-point flexure was considered, and coupon testing was restricted to tensile modulus and compression strength assessment. High-resolution spatial fiber optic strain sensing was utilized to determine spatial strain distribution during four-point flexure, revealing consistent strain along the length of the part and proved to be an excellent option for process manufacturing quality examination. Additionally, holes with diameters of 2.49 mm, 5.08 mm, and 1.93 mm were drilled through the thickness of full-width parts to determine the feasibility of structural health monitoring of pultruding parts internal to wind blades via fiber optic strain sensing.

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carbon fiberenergyfiber opticpultrusionspar capwind

Identifiers

PMID39795811
PMCPMC11721977

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