A bridge-style fiber-optic weigh-in-motion sensor for military vehicle monitoring

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5778, Issue PART I, 2005, Pages 220-225

  Wang, Ke ^a   Wei, Zhanxiong ^a   Chen, Bingquan ^a   Cui, Hong Liang ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg wavelength shift; Bridge style; FBG; Single axis; WIM

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; MILITARY VEHICLES; PRODUCT DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRAGG WAVELENGTH SHIFT; BRIDGE-STYLE; SINGLE-AXIS; WIM;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 26444537487     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.607215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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