Application of a distributed fibre optic strain sensing system to monitoring changes in the state of an underground mine

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3202-3210

  Naruse, Hiroshi ^a   Uehara, Hideki ^b   Deguchi, Taishi ^b   Fujihashi, Kazuhiko ^c   Onishi, Masatoshi ^d   Espinoza, Raul ^e   Guzman, Cesar ^e   Pardo, Cesar ^e   Ortega, Cesar ^e   Pinto, Manuel ^e  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

^c NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d AICHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e El Teniente Division ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Change; Distributed sensing; Field trial; Mining activity; Monitoring system; Optical fibre; Strain; Underground mine

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MINING; STRAIN; TUNNELS;

DISTRIBUTED SENSING; MINING ACTIVITY; MONITORING SYSTEM; UNDERGROUND MINE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MINING; OPTICAL FIBERS; STRAIN; TUNNELS;

EID: 36749072655     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/10/S23     Document Type: Article

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