The invention provides a
fiber grating monitoring method for the curing
residual strain of composite materials. The method comprises the following steps: (1) manufacturing a sensor string comprising
grating temperature sensors and
grating temperature strain sensors; (2) embedding
fiber grating sensors in to-be-monitored parts of a
composite material in the process of layering the
composite material; (3) reasonably selecting a molding process for the
composite material, such as hot-pressing reactor,
compression molding and the like; (4) cooling the composite material to
room temperature after curing molding is performed and using a grating
demodulation instrument to monitor the
wavelength value of the highest reflection peak of a
reflection spectrum of a
fiber grating; and (5) utilizing epsilon=1 / k epsilon((
delta lambda B1 /
lambda B1)-(
Delta lambda B2 / lambda B2)) to calculate the curing
residual strain of the composite material. The method can realize the measurement of the
residual strain of key parts of the structure of the composite material on the premise of not destroying the structure, and has the advantages of stable reliable measured values and good
repeatability; in addition, the embedded grating can continue to play a role in monitoring the structure health of the composite material. The method organically combines the
digital manufacturing and the health monitoring of the composite material, thereby realizing the on-line monitoring for the manufacturing process of the composite material.