We present a nanocomposite strain sensor (NCSS) to develop a novel structural health monitoring (SHM) sensor that can be easily installed in a composite structure. An NCSS made of a multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT)/epoxy composite was installed on a target structure with facile processing. We attempted to evaluate the NCSS sensing characteristics and benchmark compared to those of a conven...

Additive manufacturing technologies allow the fabrication of smart objects, which are made up a dielectric part and an embedded sensor able to give real-time feedback final user. This research presents characterization low-cost 3D-printed strain sensor, fabricated using material extrusion (MeX) technology by conductive composed polylactic acid (PLA)-based matrix doped with carbon black nanotube...

The development of tidal energy converters, and particularly floating is an area increased in recent years. Testing a device over winter 2017/18 led to opportunity record examine strain full scale composite turbine blade under operational conditions, with comparison generating parked behaviours. Comparison the recorded data shows that correlates well both torque thrust averaging periods specifi...