Title :
Applications of fibre Bragg grating sensors in railways
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610590
