Fiber Optic Distributed Strain, Acoustic Emission, and Moisture Detection Sensors for Health Maintenance

AUTOTESTCON (Proceedings)

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 505-514

  Rice, Trevor ^a   Duncan, Roger ^a   Gifford, Dawn ^a   Childers, Brooks ^a   Cooper, Kevin ^b   Furrow, Keith ^b  

^a LUNA INNOVATIONS INC   (United States)

^b Luna Innovations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; MOISTURE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DISTRIBUTED STRAIN;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0142153804     PISSN: 07347510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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