Non-destructive stiffness detection of utility wooden poles using wireless MEMS sensor

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1201-1207

  Tsang, K M ^a   Chan, W L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; MEMS accelerometer; Stiffness detection; Wireless measurement system; Wooden pole monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION DATA; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; HEALTH CONDITION; LOW COSTS; MEMS ACCELEROMETER; MEMS SENSORS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; SMALL SAMPLES; SPECTRAL PEAK; STIFFNESS ANALYSIS; WIRELESS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; WIRELESS MEMS; WOODEN POLES;

ACCELEROMETERS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; METADATA; POLES; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPY; STIFFNESS;

MONITORING;

EID: 79955571222     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2011.03.025     Document Type: Article

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