Bragg grating-based fibre optic sensors in structural health monitoring

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1851, 2007, Pages 317-343

  Todd, Michael D ^a   Nichols, Jonathan M ^b   Trickey, Stephen T ^b   Seaver, Mark ^b   Nichols, Christy J ^c   Virgin, Lawrence N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Fibre optics; Strain measurements; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846950373     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1937     Document Type: Review

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