Application of Brillouin fiber optic sensors to monitor pipeline integrity

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1259-1264

  Tennyson, R C ^a   Morison, W D ^a   Colpitts, B ^b   Brown, A ^b  

^a Fiber Optic Systems Technology Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Optical fiber sensors; Pipeline integrity

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ERRORS; FUNCTIONS; GAS PIPELINES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LEAK DETECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MONITORING; SOILS; SPECIFIC HEAT; STRAIN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BRILLOUIN FREQUENCY; PIPELINE INTEGRITY; SOIL COMPACTION MODULI; SOIL DENSITY;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 18144367345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ipc2004-0711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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