Rapid miniature fiber optic pressure sensors for blast wave measurements

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-139

  Zou, Xiaotian ^a   Wu, Nan ^b   Tian, Ye ^b   Niezrecki, Christopher ^b   Chen, Julie ^b   Wang, Xingwei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast wave; Fabry Perot; Fiber optic sensor; Pressure sensor; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPRESSED AIR; EXPLOSIVES; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GUNS (ARMAMENT); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PRESSURE SENSORS; SHOCK TUBES; SHOCK WAVES;

BLAST WAVES; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; FABRY-PEROT; FIBER OPTIC PRESSURE SENSOR; POTENTIAL THREATS; PRESSURE CHANGE; SENSING SYSTEMS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 84871417780     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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