Strain-based structural health monitoring of complex composite structures

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-213

  Kesavan, Ajay ^a   John, Sabu ^a   Herszberg, Israel ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Computer Society Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composites neural; Damage; Finite element; Networks; Sensors; T joints

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849084800     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921708090559     Document Type: Article

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