Shear force sensing by strain transformation using non-rectilinearly embedded fiber Bragg grating

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-118

  Suresh, Rupali ^a   Tjin, Swee Chuan ^a   Ngo, Nam Quoc ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Embedding; Fiber Bragg grating; Fiber optic sensor; Shear force sensor

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDING; FIBER OPTIC SENSOR; SHEAR FORCE SENSOR; STRAIN TRANSFORMATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEFORMATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; MAPPING; THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 4444324146     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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