Potential of bragg grating sensors for aircraft health monitoring

Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Mrad, Nezih ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; BRAGG GRATINGS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION THEORY; HEALTH CARE; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

AEROSPACE STRUCTURES; AIRCRAFT HEALTH MONITORING; AIRCRAFT OPERATORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 34848898940     PISSN: 03158977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/tcsme-2007-0001     Document Type: Article

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