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Reading, transmission, storage, and display of near real-time data acquired by fiber Bragg grating sensors installed on an unmanned aerial vehicle
Antonio Costantino Marceddu, Bartolomeo Montrucchio
download PDFAbstract. Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors are a particular type of optical sensor capable of measuring multiple physical properties, like strain, temperature, and vibration. Their properties are of great interest for several use cases, including telecommunications, security, medicine, and biotechnology. This paper will discuss the progress of a project that uses them to monitor the health of an instrumented Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Such operation is carried out on the ground in near real-time using software for intuitive data visualization.
Keywords
Aerospace, Computer Graphics, Data Visualization, Database, Fiber Bragg Grating, Graphical User Interface, Middleware, Optical Fiber, Remotely Piloted Aircraft, Wireless Communication
Published online 6/1/2024, 4 pages
Copyright © 2024 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Antonio Costantino Marceddu, Bartolomeo Montrucchio, Reading, transmission, storage, and display of near real-time data acquired by fiber Bragg grating sensors installed on an unmanned aerial vehicle, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 42, pp 47-50, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903193-11
The article was published as article 11 of the book Aerospace Science and Engineering
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