Bio-inspired sensor skins for structural health monitoring

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Tata, Uday ^a   Deshmukh, S ^a   Chiao, J C ^a   Carter, Ronald ^a   Huang, H ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA SENSORS; BIOINSPIRED SENSORS; DATA TRANSMITTING; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; LOW PROFILE; NONCONTACT METHODS; PATCH ANTENNA; POWER SUPPLY; RESONANT FREQUENCIES;

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC CABLES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC WIRING; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MONITORING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SENSORS; SKIN; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 70350699385     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/10/104026     Document Type: Article

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