Genetic algorithm for the reconstruction of Bragg grating sensor strain profiles

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1877-1884

  Gill, Apninder ^a   Peters, Kara ^a   Studer, Michel ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage identification; Failure analysis; Genetic algorithm; Optical fibre Bragg grating sensor; Strain distribution

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PROFILOMETRY;

BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; INVERSION METHOD; STRAIN DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL DAMAGE;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

GENETIC ALGORITHM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL FIBER;

EID: 7244233722     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/15/9/027     Document Type: Article

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