Figure 4: Versatile SHM capabilities of smart fabrics with scalable sensor network. | Scientific Reports

Figure 4: Versatile SHM capabilities of smart fabrics with scalable sensor network.

From: CNT Enabled Co-braided Smart Fabrics: A New Route for Non-invasive, Highly Sensitive & Large-area Monitoring of Composites

Figure 4

(a) Schematic diagram of the smart fabric including multiple horizontal and vertical sensors for monitoring local information of the real-time resin infusion and curing process; (b–e) Distribution of the resistance change at every local points under different moments of resin infusion and curing by an embedded 5 × 5 sensor array; (f) Schematic diagram and experimental results of a fully cured laminate incorporating the same smart fabric for monitoring distribution of compression forces.

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