Plastic optical fiber displacement sensor based on dual cycling bending

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 10198-10210

  Kuang, Jao Hwa ^a   Chen, Pao Chuan ^a   Chen, Yung Chuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cycling bending; Displacement fiber sensor; Plastic optical fiber

Indexed keywords

CYCLING BENDING; DISPLACEMENT SENSOR; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIBER SENSOR; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; OPTICAL FIBER DISPLACEMENT; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER (POF); RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT;

CYCLIC LOADS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASTICS; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

SENSORS;

GLASS FIBER; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASTICS;

EID: 84871076539     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101110198     Document Type: Article

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