A fibre Bragg grating stress cell for geotechnical engineering applications

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1173-1179

  Legge, T Francis H ^a   Swart, Pieter L ^a   Van Zyl, Gideon ^a   Chtcherbakov, Anatoli A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bragg grating sensor; Fibre optic sensor; Geotechnical engineering; Soil stress; Strain gauge; Stress cell

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES;

BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; ROBUST ELASTICITY; SOIL STRESS; STRESS CELL;

BRAGG CELLS;

BRAGG CELLS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES;

EID: 33646197739     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/5/S40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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