Miniature Mobile Sensor Platforms for Condition Monitoring of Structures

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1439-1448

  Friedrich, Markus ^a   Dobie, Gordon ^a   Chan, Chung Chee ^a   Pierce, S Gareth ^a   Galbraith, Walter ^a   Marshall, Stephen ^a   Hayward, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

nondestructive evaluation (NDE); robotics; sensor platforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008044205     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2027405     Document Type: Article

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