Electrical time domain reflectometry sensing cables as distributed stress/strain sensors in smart material systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3042, Issue , 1997, Pages 33-44

  Lin, Mark W ^a   Abatan, Ayo O ^a   Danjaji, Musa B ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABLES; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; COUPLING MECHANISM; SENSING TECHNIQUES; SMART MATERIAL SYSTEMS; STRESS/STRAIN SENSOR; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THEORETICAL MODELING; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0342667598     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275766     Document Type: Conference Paper

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