- ISBN: 9780750309783 | 0750309784
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/1/2003
Sensors and Their Applications XII discusses novel research in the areas of sensors and transducers and provides insight into new and topical applications of this technology. It covers the underlying physics, fabrication technologies, and commercial applications of sensors. Some of the topics discussed include optical sensing, sensing materials, nondestructive monitoring, imaging sensors, system networks, and water quality monitoring.
| Optical fiber sensors based on spectroscopic interrogation for process control and environmental applications | p. 3 |
| A combined optical fibre temperature and colour sensor for automation of the cooking process in a large scale industrial oven | p. 13 |
| Simultaneous and co-located measurement of strain and temperature in optical fibre using a Bragg grating and strain-independent erbium fluorescence | p. 21 |
| Lab-on-a-chip sensors : polymer microfabrication for chemical and biochemical sensing | p. 31 |
| Development of a fluorescence-based biochip for multianalyte immunosensing | p. 39 |
| A laboratory on a chip for test engineering education | p. 45 |
| Development of integrated MEMS devices | p. 55 |
| Evaluation of glass frit binder materials for use in thick-film magnetostrictive actuators | p. 63 |
| A sensor system for oil-water separators : materials considerations | p. 71 |
| Metallic triple-beam resonant force sensor with thick-film printed piezoelectric vibration excitation and detection mechanisms | p. 77 |
| Pressure sensitive paint (PSP) measurements for aerodynamic applications | p. 85 |
| On-line fuel identification using optical sensors and neural network techniques | p. 91 |
| Use of flex sensors in a hand function biofeedback system | p. 97 |
| EM wave monitoring sensor for the oil industry | p. 105 |
| Novel gas sensing for early fire detection | p. 113 |
| A microcontroller-based sensor for measuring accumulated fatigue damage in welded steel structures | p. 121 |
| Online acoustical abnormality monitoring system for a total power plant | p. 127 |
| Multi-frequency current injection model inversion for determining coating thickness and electromagnetic material properties of cylindrical metal bar or wire | p. 135 |
| Measuring pedestrian trajectories using a pyroelectric differential infrared detector | p. 143 |
| Concurrent measurement of mass flow rate and size distribution of pneumatically conveyed particles using combined electrostatic and digital imaging sensors | p. 151 |
| Imaging techniques for structures using X- and [gamma]-photons | p. 159 |
| Three-dimensional quantitative characterisation of luminous properties of gaseous flames | p. 167 |
| An overview of automated sensor systems for marine applications | p. 177 |
| Spread spectrum techniques in optical sensors and sensor networks | p. 187 |
| An approach towards measuring distributed strain in fibres | p. 195 |
| Vector bending sensors using long-period gratings written in special shape fibres | p. 201 |
| Surface roughness measurement using fibre grating assisted fibre interferometer | p. 209 |
| Interferometric interrogation of in fiber Bragg grating sensors without mechanical path length scanning | p. 215 |
| Measurement techniques to improve the accuracy of smart sensor systems | p. 223 |
| Implementation of neural net in continuous analog circuitry | p. 231 |
| A demonstration system for a new time-triggered sensor network, based on IEEE 1451 | p. 237 |
| A prototype steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire system for educational research projects | p. 245 |
| Mobility monitoring using mobile telephony | p. 255 |
| A combined sensor incorporating real-time DSP for the imaging of concrete reinforcement and corrosion visualisation | p. 263 |
| Optimization or erbium-doped fibre lasers and their sensor applications | p. 271 |
| The development of a robust, autonomous sensor network platform for environmental monitoring | p. 279 |
| A feasibility study into differential tensiography for water pollution studies with some important monitoring proposals | p. 291 |
| Ultrasonic tensiographic measurements on liquid drops for liquid fingerprinting | p. 297 |
| A dual element optical fibre water contamination sensor utilising artificial neural network pattern recognition coupled with digital signal processing techniques | p. 303 |
| Novel NIR water sensor based on a doped glass bead | p. 311 |
| A new n-layer mRDG ellipsoidal model of light scattering for rapid monitoring tests of coliforms in potable water samples | p. 317 |
| Period dependent temperature and ambient index effects on long period fibre gratings | p. 325 |
| IR gas sensors of a liquid crystal type for environmental monitoring | p. 333 |
| Micromoulded elastomer springs for biomedical sensors using micromachined silicon moulds | p. 337 |
| Sensor properties of porous polymer composites | p. 343 |
| Sensors studies for non destructive examination of spot welding | p. 349 |
| Online cost-effective sensor system for microwave UV lamp | p. 357 |
| Sensing of the microwave high velocity thermal spraying | p. 365 |
| An innovative approach to tyre pressure monitoring | p. 371 |
| Development of the diagnostic module - an optical measurement device for non-invasive determination of haemoglobin content in human blood | p. 379 |
| Unobtrusive transducer augmentation of everyday objects for systems with dynamic interactivity | p. 385 |
| Investigatin of a luminescent based technique for surface temperature measurements | p. 393 |
| Model to predict the response of a correlation spectroscopy system for the detection of oxygen gas | p. 399 |
| Optimisation of inductive sensors using mathematical modelling | p. 407 |
| Wavelet-based removal of sinusoidal interference from a sensor signal | p. 415 |
| Emission monitoring using optical and acoustic sensors combined with neural networks | p. 421 |
| In situ and remote controlled units which activate marine systems | p. 429 |
| Toward a better understanding of optical fibre Bragg grating sensors | p. 435 |
| A charge transport in sensor materials based on conjugated polyaminoarenes | p. 443 |
| A fibre optic based fluorescent temperature probe using a non-pulsed white light source and tristimulus chromatic detection | p. 449 |
| A system for improving the testability of luminescent clad fibre optic sensors | p. 457 |
| Improving the reliability of eddy current distance measurements with finite element modelling | p. 463 |
| Design for testability considerations for high performance analogue to digital converters | p. 469 |
| Technology, principles, and applications of inertia micro-electro-mechanical systems technology | p. 477 |
| Electric phase intelligent sensor and selector | p. 485 |
| Intelligent process monitoring and management - time for a return to sensor-based methods? | p. 497 |
| Optical sensing systems for primary level science education | p. 503 |
| An optical fibre sensor for underwater proximity measurement | p. 511 |
| The use of microelectrode sensors in the investigation and modelling of sensing electrodes in industrial electrical impedance tomographic applications | p. 519 |
| A simple process for the rapid prototyping of elastomer MEM structures | p. 525 |
| Electrostatic monitoring of aerospace bearings | p. 531 |
| Measurement of oxygen concentrations at ppm levels using solid-state sensors | p. 539 |
| Continuous monitoring chirp encoded ultrasound sensor for flood detection of oil rig leg cross beams | p. 545 |
| Moisture transport studies in building materials | p. 551 |
| High-temperature sensor potential and sustainability of fibre Bragg gratings written in highly photosensitive Sb/Er/Ge codoped silica fiber | p. 559 |
| Application of new graphical tools and measurands for tensiography surface science studies in BSA protein adsorption on a stainless steel substrate | p. 567 |
| Geometrical analysis and experimental charactersation of a figure-of-eight coil for fibre optic respiratory plethysmography | p. 573 |
| Drop shape sensor modelling and imaging : new measurement approaches for refractive index monitoring | p. 585 |
| Ecological tensiography : initial application study on water colour from an Irish bog, unpolluted river and rivers receiving mine effluent | p. 591 |
| Possible new tensiograph drop volume method for surface tension measurement without correction factors : further studies on tensiotrace relationships | p. 599 |
| Digital sampling processor-based measurement of Fabry-Periot interferometer peaks in large multiplexed fibre optic Bragg grating (FOBG) sensor schemes | p. 607 |
| Fibre Bragg grating sensor arrays structurally embedded in Europe's first all-fibre reinforced polymer compostie public road bridge | p. 615 |
| Diver/UUV underwater measurement system | p. 621 |
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