Monitoring transient strains on a gun barrel using fibre Bragg-grating sensors

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-67

  James, Stephen W ^a   Tatam, Ralph P ^a   Fuller, Stephen R ^b   Crompton, Colin ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bragg grating; Fibre optic; Gun barrel; Sensor; Strain

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; GAGES; GUNS (ARMAMENT); METAL FOIL; MONITORING; PROJECTILES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

BRAGG-GRATING SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033077159     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/10/2/002     Document Type: Article

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