On-board strain measurement of a cryogenic composite tank mounted on a reusable rocket using FBG sensors

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-214

  Mizutani, Tadahito ^a   Takeda, Nobuo ^a   Takeya, Hajime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryogenic composite tank; Fiber Bragg grating sensor; Health monitoring; Reusable rocket; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747172207     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921706058016     Document Type: Article

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