Distributed strain sensing for structural monitoring applications

Canadian journal of civil engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 873-879

  DeMerchant, Michael ^a   Brown, Anthony ^a   Smith, Jeff ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^a   Bremner, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DISTRIBUTED SENSING; STRAIN SENSORS; STRUCTURAL MONITORING;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034291413     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjce-27-5-873     Document Type: Article

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