An approach to continuous on-site monitoring of contact forces in current collectors by a fiber optic sensing system

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-179

  Schröder, Kerstin ^a   Ecke, Wolfgang ^a   Kautz, Michael ^a,b   Willett, Simon ^c   Jenzer, Matthias ^d   Bosselmann, Thomas ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Ingenieurburo Steinbach Konitzer L   (Germany)

^c Morganite Electrical Carbon Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d BLS   (Switzerland)

^e SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact force; Current collector; Fiber Bragg grating; Fiber optic sensing system

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSPORTATION;

CONTACT FORCES; CURRENT COLLECTOR; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; FIBER OPTIC SENSING SYSTEMS; ON-SITE MONITORING; QUALITY PARAMETERS; SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING UNIT;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 84871432419     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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