Dynamic characterization of a radio communication tower with a FBG based accelerometer

2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1403-1405

  Antunes, Paulo ^a,b   Travanca, Rui ^c   Varum, Humberto ^c   André, Paulo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c Campus de Santiago   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION; DYNAMIC MONITORING; EXPECTED VALUES; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; OPTICAL ACCELEROMETER;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

OPTICS;

EID: 84862107201     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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