Effectiveness and optimization of fiber Bragg grating sensor as embedded strain sensor

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 154-160

  Tang, Liqun ^a,b   Tao, Xiaoming ^a   Choy, Chung Loong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ELASTIC MODULI; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EMBEDDED STRAIN SENSORS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033076813     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/8/1/017     Document Type: Article

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