Biaxial pptical accelerometer and high-angle inclinometer with temperature and cross-axis insensitivity

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2399-2406

  Antunes, Paulo Fernando Costa ^a   Marques, Carlos Alberto ^a   Varum, Humberto ^a   Andrél, Paulo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; fiber Bragg grating; inclinometer; optical sensor; structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR ROTATIONS; INCLINOMETER; LOW COSTS; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; RELATIVE ROTATION;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL SENSORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 84861532816     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2190763     Document Type: Article

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