Distributed Brillouin fiber optic strain monitoring applications in advanced composite materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5057, Issue , 2003, Pages 478-485

  Bastianini, Filippo ^a   Cargnelutti, Mario ^b   Di Tommaso, Angelo ^a   Toffanin, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b DCA IUAV ^*

Author keywords

BOTDR; Brillouin; Distributed strain sensing; Fiber optic; FRP composite, smart material; Monitorage

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; FIBER OPTICS; GLASS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES;

SMART COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0242720363     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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