Surface strain measurement: A comparison of speckle shearing interferometry and optical fibre Bragg gratings with resistance foil strain gauges

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1175-1184

  Groves, Roger M ^a,c   Chehura, Edmon ^a   Li, Weilai ^b   Staines, Stephen E ^a   James, Stephen W ^a   Tatam, Ralph P ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optical fibre Bragg gratings; Shearography; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETRY; STRAIN GAGES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL FIBRE BRAGG GRATINGS; RESISTANCE FOIL STRAIN GAUGES (RFSG); SHEAROGRAPHY;

STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETRY; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 34247115652     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/5/003     Document Type: Article

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