Detection and location of point perturbations over a two-dimensional area using two spatially weighted distributed fiber optic sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3042, Issue , 1997, Pages 89-99

  Spiliman, W B ^a   Huston, D R ^a  

^a University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed sensing; Fiber optics; Genetic algorithm; Microbending; Smart structures

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSOR; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; LINEAR REGION; MICRO-BENDING; SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO-DIMENSION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PATTERNS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 85076160140     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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