Crack sensing with a multimode fiber: Experimental and theoretical studies

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 268-277

  Olson, Noah ^a   Leung, Christopher K Y ^a   Meng, Aidong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bending loss; Crack sensing; Fiber optics; Multimode fiber

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MULTIMODE FIBERS; REFLECTOMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TRANSDUCERS;

BENDING LOSS; CRACK MONITORING; CRACK SENSING; LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSDUCERS (LVDT);

SENSORS;

EID: 13244299311     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.08.025     Document Type: Article

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