Quasi-distributed displacement sensor for structural monitoring using a commercial OTDR

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 771-778

  Pinto, N M P ^a   Frazao O ^a   Baptista, J M ^a,b   Santos, J L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Displacement sensing heads; Optical fibre sensors; OTDR; Quasi distributed sensor

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT SENSING HEADS; OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS; OTDR; QUASI-DISTRIBUTED SENSORS;

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REFLECTOMETERS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33645159636     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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