Fiber optical sensor network embedded in a current collector for defect monitoring on railway catenary

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6585, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Schröder, Kerstin ^a   Ecke, Wolfgang ^a   Kautz, Michael ^a   Willett, Simon ^b   Tchertoriski, Alexei ^c   Jenzer, Matthias ^d   Kaluza, Günther ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Morganite Electrical Carbon Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c IRE Ulyanovsk   (Russian Federation)

^d BLS AG   (Switzerland)

^e ARGE X   (Austria)

Author keywords

Catenary; Contact line; Current collector; Fiber Bragg grating; Strain sensor

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INSPECTION; OVERHEAD LINES; RAILROADS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

CONTACT LINES; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS; RAILWAY CATENARY; STRAIN SENSOR;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 36048959538     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.722794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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