DocumentCode
2725679
Title
Applications of fibre Bragg grating sensors in railways
Author
Tam, Hwa-Yaw
Author_Institution
Electr. Eng. Dept., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon
fYear
2008
fDate
7-10 July 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Railway is an important part of the transportation systems in many parts of the world. Results obtained from a FBG sensor network installed on 26-km rail track and several train-borne monitoring systems demonstrated that FBG has the potential to revolutionize the railway industry.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; rails; transportation; fibre Bragg grating sensors; railways; train borne monitoring systems; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Monitoring; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Rail transportation; Sensor systems; Temperature sensors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location
Sydney
Print_ISBN
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-85825-807-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610590
Filename
4610590
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