TY  - JOUR
A1  - Maier, Christoph
A1  - Huber, Philipp
A1  - Wittmann, Armin
A1  - Koch, Klaus P.
A1  - Fischer, Georg
T1  - Mechanoelectrical Effects in Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymers as Structural Health Monitoring
T2  - Journal of Composites Science
N2  - Natural fiber-reinforced polymers are gaining popularity as sustainable structural materials. However, their inherent variability can limit their reliability in load-bearing applications. To address this issue, we investigate a novel structural health monitoring method that leverages mechanoelectrical effects in flax fiber-reinforced epoxy composites. In our study, a contactless capacitive coupled measurement setup records electrical polarization during fatigue testing at four load levels. The polarization signals we observed increased with increasing load levels. Additionally, changes in polarization correlate with changes in dynamic modulus, providing early indicators of potential failure. This work lays the foundation for a new type of structural health monitoring in natural fiber-reinforced polymers.
KW  - natural fiber-reinforced polymer
KW  - structural health monitoring
KW  - dynamic mechanical analysis
KW  - mechanoelectrical effect
KW  - flax fiber
KW  - Elektromechanischer Effekt
KW  - Kunststoff
KW  - Verbundwerkstoff
KW  - Naturfaser
KW  - Flachs
KW  - Structural Health Monitoring
Y1  - 2026
UR  - https://hst.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1091
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:tr5-10916
VL  - 9
IS  - 8
SP  - 1
EP  - 26
PB  - MDPI
ER  -