Manufacturing a sensorised composites glider for structural monitoring

This article describes how a 1:5 scale glider (SZD-55-1 Nexus) was manufactured using carbon/epoxy material sensorised with Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors to enable enhanced structural monitoring. The work was carried out at Sapienza University of Rome, in the Aerospace Composite Material Lab, under the supervision of Professor Luca Lampani.