Development of an electrical time domain reflectometry (ETDR) distributed strain sensor

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1495-1505

  Lin, Mark W ^a   Thaduri, Jagan ^a   Abatan, Ayo O ^b  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaxial cable; Distributed strain sensing; ETDR

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COAXIAL CABLES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AXIAL TENSILE STRAIN; ELECTRICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (ETDR) DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL CALIBRATION ALGORITHMS; STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE;

SENSORS;

REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 21344467937     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/7/012     Document Type: Article

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