Accurate high-resolution fiber-optic distributed strain measurements for structural health monitoring

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 389-395

  Bernini, Romeo ^a   Minardo, Aldo ^b   Zeni, Luigi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Strain sensors; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALGORITHMS; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; SATELLITE SIMULATORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

STRAIN SENSORS;

STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33847406606     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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