Hybrid fiber-optic/electrical measurement system for characterization of railway traffic and its effects on a short span bridge

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1243-1249

  Da Costa Marques Pimentel, Ricardo Miguel ^a   Barbosa, Maria Cristina Beirão ^b   Costa, Nuno Manuel Silva ^b   Ribeiro, Diogo Rodrigo Ferreira ^a   De Almeida Ferreira, Luís Alberto ^b,c   Araújo, Francisco Manuel Moita ^b,c   Calçada, Rui Artur Bártolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b FiberSensing SA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings; Measurement units; Railway bridge; Sensors; Weight in motion

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; BRIDGES; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC MEASURING BRIDGES; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROADS; RAILS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; HYBRID FIBERS; HYBRID PLATFORM; MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; PORTUGAL; RAILWAY BRIDGES; RAILWAY TRAFFIC; SENSING NETWORKS; TRAIN SPEED; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; WEIGHT-IN-MOTION (WIM);

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 47849122963     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.926519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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