Online health monitoring and safety evaluation of the relocation of a research reactor using fiber Bragg grating sensors

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1421-1428

  Lin, Yung Bin ^a   Lin, Tzu Kang ^a   Chen, Chun Chung ^b   Chiu, Jen Chang ^b   Chang, Kuo Chun ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAILROAD TRACKS; SENSORS; STRAIN GAGES;

RESISTANCE STRAIN GAGES (RSGS); SAFETY EVALUATION; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM;

RESEARCH REACTORS;

EID: 33748874926     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/15/5/031     Document Type: Article

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