Longitudinal strain monitoring of rail using a distributed fiber sensor based on Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis

NDT and E International

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 637-644

  Yoon, Hyuk Jin ^a   Song, Kwang Yong ^b   Kim, Jung Seok ^a   Kim, Dae Sang ^a  

^a Korea Railroad Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis; Brillouin scattering; Longitudinal rail strain; Optical fiber sensor; Rail monitoring

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN FREQUENCY; BRILLOUIN OPTICAL CORRELATION DOMAIN ANALYSIS; CORRELATION DOMAINS; DISTRIBUTED FIBER SENSOR; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR SYSTEM; LOADING CONDITION; LONGITUDINAL RAIL STRAIN; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; REAL TIME; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEST MEASUREMENTS;

FIBERS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MONITORING; OPTICAL FIBERS; SENSORS; STRAIN;

OPTICAL CORRELATION;

EID: 79961120557     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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