Fiber optic sensors for structural health monitoring of air platforms

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3687-3705

  Guo, Honglei ^a   Xiao, Gaozhi ^b   Mrad, Nezih ^c   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Damage detection; Fiber bragg grating; Fiber optic acoustic sensor; Load monitoring; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ECONOMICS; FIBER OPTICS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE;

AIRCRAFT; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MAINTENANCE; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE;

EID: 79953886737     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110403687     Document Type: Review

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