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Fiber Makes Inroads in Stress/Strain Measurement

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Study finds that fiber Bragg gratings are the leading fiber method in this market.

Anne L. Fischer, Senior Editor

Demand for increasingly sophisticated measurement tools is on the rise in oil and gas as well as in civil-structure industries, among others. Traditional test equipment has included strain gauges and load cells, but fiber optic technologies recently have been gaining in acceptance and use, according to the World Stress/Strain Measurement Equipment Markets study released by Frost & Sullivan of Palo Alto, Calif., a global growth consulting company. The study segments the market into conventional and fiber optic equipment. The fiber optic technologies discussed include fiber Bragg...Read full article

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    Published: December 2007
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