Distributed fiber optic sensor development, testing and evaluation for geotechnical monitoring applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7982, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Iten, Michael ^a   Hauswirth, Dominik ^a   Puzrin, Alexander M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BEDS; BOTDA; Brillouin Echo Distributed Sensing; Distributed fiber optic sensor; Distributed fiber optic strain data interpretation; Laboratory sensor cable testing; Sensor evaluation

Indexed keywords

BEDS; BOTDA; BRILLOUIN; DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSOR; DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC STRAIN DATA INTERPRETATION; SENSOR EVALUATION;

ANCHORAGES (FOUNDATIONS); BOND LENGTH; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; PHOTONICS; SMART SENSORS;

MONITORING;

EID: 79956074418     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.881228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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