Fundamentals and applications of optical fiber Bragg grating sensors to textile structural composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-229

  Du, W ^a   Tao, X M ^a   Tam, H Y ^a   Choy, C L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TEXTILES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; TEXTILE STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES (TSC);

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

ARCHITECTURAL TEXTILE; COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; TESTING; USE;

EID: 0032129073     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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