Development of a low-cost bi-axial intensity-based optical fibre accelerometer for wind turbine blades

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 197, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-135

  Ge, Yao ^a   Kuang, Kevin S ^a   Quek, Ser Tong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bi axial accelerometer; Fibre optic sensor; Low cost; Wind turbine monitoring

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION SCHEMES; INTENSITY-BASED; INTENSITY-MODULATED; LIGHT COUPLINGS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOW-COST; SENSOR PARAMETER; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

COSTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; OPTICAL FIBERS; WIND TURBINES;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 84877756940     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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