A distributed sensing technique for aerospace applications

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 5292-5299

  Duncan, Roger G ^a   Gifford, Dawn K ^a   Childers, Brooks A ^b   Pettit, Don E ^c   Hickson, Andrew W ^c   Jackson, Anthony C ^c  

^a LUNA INNOVATIONS INC   (United States)

^b Luna Energy Inc   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; FATIGUE TESTING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; INSTALLATION; MONITORING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SERVICE LIFE; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

DAMAGE DETECTION; DYNAMIC LOADING CONDITIONS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OFDR);

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942718625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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