Smart Sensors for Industrial Applications

This book assembles the latest research in the field of smart sensors technology in one place. It exposes readers to myriad applications that smart sensors technology has enabled. The book is meant for advanced graduate research work or for academicians and researchers. This way the book has a widespread appeal, including practicing engineers, academicians, research scientists and senior graduate students.

Preface

Part I : Photonic and Optoelectronics Sensors
Chapter 1 : Optical Fiber Sensors : Devices and Techniques
Chapter 2 : Microstructured and Solid Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors
Chapter 3 : Optical Fiber Sensors and Interrogation Systems for Interaction Force Measurements in Minimally Invasive Surgical Devices
Chapter 4 : Recent Advances in Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensors Based on the Brillouin Scattering Effect
Chapter 5 : Silicon Microring Sensors
Chapter 6 : Laser Doppler Velocimetry Technology for Integration and Directional Discrimination
Chapter 7 : Vision-Aided Automated Vibrometry for Remote Audio–Visual Range Sensing
Chapter 8 : Analytical Use of Easily Accessible Optoelectronic Devices : Colorimetric Approaches Focused on Oxygen Quantification
Chapter 9 : Optical Oxygen Sensors for Micro- and Nanofluidic Devices
Chapter 10 : Multidirectional Optical Sensing Using Differential Triangulation

Part II : Infrared and Thermal Sensors
Chapter 11 : Measurement of Temperature Distribution in Multilayer Insulations between 77 and 300 K Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor
Chapter 12 : Thin Film Resistance Temperature Detectors
Chapter 13 : The Influence of Selected Parameters on Temperature Measurements Using a Thermovision Camera
Chapter 14 : Adaptive Sensors for Dynamic Temperature Measurements
Chapter 15 : Dual-Band Uncooled Infrared Microbolometer
Chapter 16 : Sensing Temperature inside Explosions

Part III : Magnetic and Inductive Sensors
Chapter 17 : Accurate Scanning of Magnetic Fields
Chapter 18 : Low-Frequency Search Coil Magnetometers
Chapter 19 : Inductive Coupling–Based Wireless Sensors for High-Frequency Measurements
Chapter 20 : Inductive Sensor for Lightning Current Measurement Fitted in Aircraft Windows
Chapter 21 : Technologies for Electric Current Sensors
Chapter 22 : Ferrofluids and Their Use in Sensors

Part IV : Sound and Ultrasound Sensors
Chapter 23 : Low-Cost Underwater Acoustic Modem for Short-Range Sensor Networks
Chapter 24 : Integrating Ultrasonic Standing Wave Particle Manipulation into Vibrational Spectroscopy Sensing Applications
Chapter 25 : Wideband Ultrasonic Transmitter and Sensor Array for In-Air Applications
Chapter 26 : Sensing Applications Using Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

Part V : Piezoresistive, Wireless, and Electrical Sensors
Chapter 27 : Piezoresistive Fibrous Sensor for On-Line Structural Health Monitoring of Composites
Chapter 28 : Structural Health Monitoring Based on Piezoelectric Transducers : Analysis and Design Based on the Electromechanical Impedance
Chapter 29 : Microwave Sensors for Non-Invasive Monitoring of Industrial Processes
Chapter 30 : Microwave Reflectometry for Sensing Applications in the Agrofood Industry
Chapter 31 : Wearable PTF Strain Sensors
Chapter 32 : Application of Inertial Sensors in Developing Smart Particles

Index