Active wireless temperature sensors for aerospace thermal protection systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5047, Issue , 2003, Pages 120-129

  Milos, Frank S ^a   Karunaratne, K S G ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Korteks Adv Sciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage detection; Embedded sensor; RFID; Structural health monitoring; Thermal protection system

Indexed keywords

HEAT RESISTANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SENSORS; THERMOCOUPLES;

EMBEDDED SENSORS; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0242693973     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.483813     Document Type: Conference Paper

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