INTRINSIC OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS FOR AXLE DETECTION

The paper discusses the technology that uses optical fibers for sensing purposes. Using optical fibers for the detection of distributed stress is a technology with industrial experience with such systems for intruder detection and for security purposes. Systems based upon these fibers have recently been evaluated for vehicle detection. Fibers have been suitably encapsulated and subjected to rigorous tests both in the laboratory and on a carriageway site. The tests indicate that such optical fibre sensing technology has the potential for meeting the improvements sought in axle sensing.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Ahmed, S
  • Jones, G R
  • Spindlow, J R
  • STEVENS, A
• Publication Date: 1991-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 527-530
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axles; Detection and identification; Detectors; Fiber optics; Optical fibers; Sensors; Vehicle detectors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00619486
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 29 1992 12:00AM