Smart bridges with fiber-optic sensors

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 25-30

  Watkins, Steve E ^a,b,c  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; SMART BRIDGES;

BRIDGES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; INVESTMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0038407257     PISSN: 10946969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIM.2003.1200280     Document Type: Article

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