Non-contact measurement of the mechanical properties of materials using an all-optical technique

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-70

  Culshaw, Brian ^a   Pierce, Gareth ^b   Jun, Pan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Corning Cable Syst Projects/Serv ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; POISSON RATIO; SENSORS; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; X RAYS;

LAMB WAVES; NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL DETECTION;

INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

EID: 1442317715     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2003.810110     Document Type: Article

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