Mechanical load transfer into a distributed optical fiber sensor due to a linear strain gradient: Embedded and surface bonded cases

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-181

  Duck, Graham ^a   Renaud, Guillaume ^a   Measures, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; SUBSTRATES;

LINEAR STRAIN GRADIENT; LOAD TRANSFER;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0032656446     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/8/2/002     Document Type: Article

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