An automatic impact monitor for a composite panel employing smart sensor technology

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 265-271

  Haywood, J ^a   Coverley, P T ^a   Staszewski, W J ^a   Worden, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOADS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORS; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS;

COMPOSITE PANELS; IMPACT MONITORS; PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS; SMART SENSORS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 13844276015     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/1/027     Document Type: Article

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