Sub-millimeter displacement sensing by passive UHF RFID antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 905-912

  Paggi, C ^a   Occhiuzzi, C ^a   Marrocco, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crack; displacement; radiofrequency identification (RFID); sensor; smart city; structural health monitoring (SHM); UHF

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SENSORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

CONCRETE BRICKS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DISPLACEMENT; DISPLACEMENT SENSING; PASSIVE UHF RFID; SMART CITIES; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM); UHF;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84894027126     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2013.2292520     Document Type: Article

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