Detecting flat wheels with a fiber-optic sensor

ASME/IEEE 2006 Joint Rail Conference, JRC2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 25-30

  Anderson, Duwayne R ^a  

^a Fiber SenSys LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; SPECKLE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WHEELS;

INDUCED VIBRATIONS; LASER SPECKLE; LIGHT TRAVELING; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; SENSING MECHANISM; SPECKLE PATTERNS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIME DEPENDENCE;

FIBERS;

EID: 44249109544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/rrcon.2006.215289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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