Multifunctional fibre optic sensors monitoring strain and ultrasound

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 660-673

  Thursby, G ^a   Culshaw, B ^a   Betz, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack; Fibre Bragg grating; Lamb wave; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; CRACKS; ELASTIC WAVES; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; STRAIN; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

DIRECTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; EXTENDING; FATIGUE CRACK; FIBRE BRAGG GRATING; FIBRE BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBRE OPTIC SENSORS; HIGH-FREQUENCY; LAMB WAVE; LOAD HISTORIES; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; PLANE STRAINS; STATIC STRAINS; ULTRASOUND WAVES;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 54249108579     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2008.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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