Linear location of acoustic emission using a pair of novel fibre optic sensors

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2313-2318

  Chen, Rongsheng ^a   Bradshaw, Tim ^b   Burns, Jon ^a   Cole, Phil ^b   Jarman, Paul ^c   Pedder, Don ^d   Theobald, Robert ^e   Fernando, Gerard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Physical Acoustics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL GRID   (United Kingdom)

^d Walton on Thames   (United Kingdom)

^e Theoptics Designs Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emision detection system; Acoustic emission; Damage detection; Optical fibre coupler; Structural health monitoring; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MULTIPLEXING; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC EMISION DETECTION SYSTEMS; DAMAGE DETECTION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MULTIPLEXING; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33746305277     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/8/037     Document Type: Article

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