Large deformation polymer optical fiber sensors for civil Infrastructure systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6932, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Abdi, Omid ^a   Kowalsky, Mervyn ^a   Hassan, Tasnim ^a   Kiesel, Sharon ^a   Peters, Kara ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaving; Large deformation; Polymer single mode optical fiber; Time of flight interferometer

Indexed keywords

CLEAVING METHODS; LARGE DEFORMATION; POLYMER SINGLE MODE OPTICAL FIBERS; TIME OF FLIGHT INTERFEROMETERS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DEFORMATION; INTERFEROMETERS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 44349130390     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.775866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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