Dynamic structural health monitoring of slender structures using optical sensors

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 6629-6644

  Antunes, Paulo ^a   Travanca, Rui ^a   Rodrigues, Hugo ^a   Melo, José ^a   Jara, José ^b   Varum, Humberto ^a   André, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Fiber Bragg gratings; Fiber based sensors; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; OPTICS;

CALIBRATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS;

EID: 84861568341     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120506629     Document Type: Article

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