Plastic optical fibre sensor for damage detection in offshore structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7522, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kuang, K S C ^a   Koh, C G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Plastic optical fibres; Sensors; Strain; Structural health monitoring; V OTDR

Indexed keywords

CRACK POSITION; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; GRADED INDEX; HIGH RESISTANCE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOST STRUCTURE; INTEGRAL PART; OFF SHORE PLATFORMS; OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS; PHOTON COUNTING; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBRE SENSOR; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBRES; ROUTINE INSPECTION; SAFETY AND DESIGN; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; SAFETY PROTOCOLS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTROMETRY; TUBULAR MEMBERS; TUBULAR STEELS; V-OTDR;

CRACK DETECTION; CRACKS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DRILLING PLATFORMS; FIBERS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MECHANICS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASTICS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SENSORS; STEEL RESEARCH; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 79958137335     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.851631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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