Los materiales compuestos en el ICTS-CEHIPAR

The Center for Hydrodynamic Research of El Pardo (ICTS-CEHIPAR) is a Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructure (ICTS) part of the Deputy Directorate of Naval Systems (SGSN) of the National Institute of Aerospace Technique “Esteban Terradas” (INTA). A new research line to study the use of advanced composite materials in the naval industry has been recently opened in the Technology and Tests Department of ICTS-CEHIPAR. One of the main goals of this new research line is the monitoring of structural stresses in composite materials by means of fiber optical sensors in structural diffraction Fibers Bragg Gratings (FBGS). ICTS-CEHIPAR is enhancing the constructive procedures for the production of models of ships and naval devices made in composite materials. The implementation of instrumentation techniques for the monitoring of structural stresses in this kind of materials is necessary to detect possible damage due to different causes during the product lifetime. Results of scale model tests will be applied to the full scale ship construction and instrumentation methodologies, increasing ship safety and optimizing maintenance procedures.