Aerodynamic testing of a smart composite wing using fiber-optic strain sensing and neural networks

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 767-773

  Lunia, Abha ^a   Isaac, Kakkattukuzhy M ^a   Chandrashekhara, K ^a   Watkins, Steve E ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; STRAIN; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC TESTING; SMART COMPOSITE WINGS;

INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

EID: 0034498826     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/9/6/305     Document Type: Article

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