Structural health monitoring of smart composite materials by using EFPI and FBG sensors

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 330-340

  Leng, Jinsong ^a,b,c   Asundi, Anand ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extrinsic Fabry Perot interferometer (EFPI); Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Smart composite materials; Structural health monitoring (SHM)

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM);

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0037442546     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(02)00429-6     Document Type: Article

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