Real-time flying shape detection of yacht sails based on strain measurements

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• 作者：Pedro Ferreira^a ; ^{pedro.gil.queiros@fe.up.pt} ; Elsa Caetano^a ; ^{ecaetano@fe.up.pt} ; Pedro Pinto^b ; ^{pedro.pinto@fibersail.com}
• 关键词：Real-time shape detection ; Sail shape ; Fiber optic monitoring system ; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor ; Glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) pultruded profile ; Experimental validation
• 刊名：Ocean Engineering
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：131
• 期：Complete
• 页码：48-56
• 全文大小：2843 K
• 卷排序：131

文摘

A fiber optic based monitoring system is developed for detection of a sail shape. The monitoring system comprises instrumented beams to insert in sections of the sail. Flying sail parameters are updated on-line and displayed on portable devices.