{"title":"Fiber optic structural monitoring of bridges","authors":"R. Measures","doi":"10.1109/IMTC.1997.604020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.1997.604020","url":null,"abstract":"Fiber optic Bragg gratings have made possible an array of structural monitoring prospects. This includes: multiplexed sensing, short and long gauge length sensing, and distributed sensing. An overview is provided of each of these sensing modalities-with particular reference to applications in the construction and aerospace fields. In addition, the advances and prospects of demodulation of these sensors by means of optoelectronic quantum well microchips is also presented.","PeriodicalId":124893,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Sensing, Processing, Networking. IMTC Proceedings","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130255177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of LF AC-DC difference of coaxially mounted thermal voltage converter","authors":"P. Filipski, R. F. Clark, D. Paulusse","doi":"10.1109/IMTC.1997.604047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.1997.604047","url":null,"abstract":"The paper describes the mathematical model of a coaxially mounted thermal voltage converter. Results of simulations are compared with results of experiments conducted in the 1 kHz-1000 kHz frequency range.","PeriodicalId":124893,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Sensing, Processing, Networking. IMTC Proceedings","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129619948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wendong Zhang, Zhaoying Zhou, J. Xiong, X. Ye, Xiaohao Wang, Xuan Yuan, Shuzheng Song
{"title":"The integrated micro self-adaptive sampling acceleration measurement system","authors":"Wendong Zhang, Zhaoying Zhou, J. Xiong, X. Ye, Xiaohao Wang, Xuan Yuan, Shuzheng Song","doi":"10.1109/IMTC.1997.610292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.1997.610292","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents an integrated micro self-adaptive sampling acceleration measurement system (IMSAMS) that consists of silicon micromachined or quartz accelerometer, TH9601-ASIC of self-adaptive sampling and encoding, as well as data storage and readout controlling, ADC, RAM, etc. The IMSAMS has been successfully used to measure acceleration information of weapon systems, transportation, health-care, and so on. The main performance parameters include: measurement scale for silicon accelerometer: /spl plusmn/10 g, /spl plusmn/200 g, /spl plusmn/500 g, quartz accelerometer: /spl plusmn/50000 g; real-time self-adaptive sampling frequency f=f/sub 0//spl sim/f/sub 0//n, where f/sub 0//spl les/10 MHz n=1, 2,...,2/sup 14/; memory capacity 512 k bytes; and high g shock in the excess of 60000 g. The composition, operation principle and structure of the IMSAMS are detailed. The test results of the IMSAMS in measuring acceleration waveforms of a separating process of a rocket from a missile by a detonating bolt and a projectile penetrating a concrete target plate are reported.","PeriodicalId":124893,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Sensing, Processing, Networking. IMTC Proceedings","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130858144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K.R. Aniraj, V.S. Bhagavanulu Durbha, C. Suresh, M. Suresh, R. Mascomani, M. Atmanand, K. Balakrishnan, M. S. Konnur, V. Jayashankar, V. Jagadeesh Kumar, M. Ravindran
{"title":"Probe for measurement of air velocity in oscillating flows","authors":"K.R. Aniraj, V.S. Bhagavanulu Durbha, C. Suresh, M. Suresh, R. Mascomani, M. Atmanand, K. Balakrishnan, M. S. Konnur, V. Jayashankar, V. Jagadeesh Kumar, M. Ravindran","doi":"10.1109/IMTC.1997.612423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.1997.612423","url":null,"abstract":"Measurement of air velocity when flow is oscillating is required in ocean wave energy studies. A special type of self-rectifying air turbine called \"Wells turbine\", coupled with induction generator is used for converting the air column movement in a wave energy basin to electrical energy. So far no attempts have been made to study the air velocity variations into and out of the turbine at site. Some efforts for measurement of oscillating air column at laboratory using hot-wire anemometer have been reported. A novel probe, comprising miniature pressure transducers, for the measurement of air velocity variations into and out of the turbine, was designed and developed. The probe was first calibrated and tested at the laboratory before shifting to site for actual measurements. An unidirectional oscillating air flow facility was initially setup at the existing air flow laboratory, which has a variable speed blower as the prime mover. Oscillating flow was generated by a butterfly valve, operated through a function generator. Tests at a nominal frequency of 0.1 Hz and flow velocities upto 35 m/s were conducted. Accuracies of the order of /spl plusmn/2% were estimated for the probe.","PeriodicalId":124893,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Sensing, Processing, Networking. IMTC Proceedings","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131105985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Test set encoding for efficient sequential circuit testing","authors":"V. Iyengar, K. Chakrabarty, B. Murray","doi":"10.1109/IMTC.1997.612438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.1997.612438","url":null,"abstract":"Practical sequential circuits are hard to test because they contain a large number of internal states that are difficult to control and observe. Scan design is often used to simplify testing; however, it is not always applicable because of area and performance penalties. Recent advances in sequential circuit testing have led to techniques and tools that provide test sets with high coverage of single stuckline (SSL) faults for non-scan circuits. However, these test sets contain a large number of patterns and require a tester with considerable pattern depth. We propose a novel method for encoding patterns such that the test set can be applied using low-cost testers that do not require excessive memory. We demonstrate the feasibility of our approach by applying it to SSL test sets for the ISCAS 89 benchmarks.","PeriodicalId":124893,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Sensing, Processing, Networking. IMTC Proceedings","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131468520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fault and diagnosis on a successive approximation ADC","authors":"F. Marc, D. Dallet, Y. Danto","doi":"10.1109/IMTC.1997.612441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.1997.612441","url":null,"abstract":"In successive approximation A/D converters, the origin of failure is located through the bit error which is computed from the histogram, if it fulfil some conditions. In this paper, we present the real case of a failing A/D converter whose bit error is not computable. Consequently, the failure localization is performed using an alternative methodology including external electrical characterization and electron beam testing (EBT).","PeriodicalId":124893,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Sensing, Processing, Networking. IMTC Proceedings","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121629825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New level sensor system for ship stability analysis and monitor","authors":"Huayao Zheng, Yunqian Huang, Y. Ye","doi":"10.1109/IMTC.1997.612446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.1997.612446","url":null,"abstract":"A novel method of measuring liquid level with high accuracy is described, in which densimeter is unnecessary; by this way draft values are electrically measured; based on that the real time analysis for ship stability are available. The architecture and software of Auto Test and Monitor System are described. The system advantages and error estimation are also involved.","PeriodicalId":124893,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Sensing, Processing, Networking. IMTC Proceedings","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122595458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive edge detecting approach based on scale-space theory","authors":"X. Changsheng, M. Songde","doi":"10.1109/IMTC.1997.603929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.1997.603929","url":null,"abstract":"The main problem existing in many edge detecting approaches is that they are sensitive to the noise. There is a conflict between the precision of edge detection and the effect of the noise removal. The scale-space theory on the basis of the optimal edge detecting theory is introduced in this paper. Each specific edge corresponds to an optimal filter scale (OFS) and the value of the OFS of each edge point is calculated based on the optimal edge detecting theory. An automatic threshold is introduced in the process of edge detection in order to eliminate the ragged edge further. Based on the optimal scale and the automatic threshold, a fast adaptive edge detecting algorithm is proposed. Experiment results demonstrate that this algorithm can get either the noise removing effect of low-resolution filter or the edge detecting precision of high-resolution filter and make a better compromise between the precision of edge detection and the effect of the noise removal.","PeriodicalId":124893,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Sensing, Processing, Networking. IMTC Proceedings","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126586015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pros and cons of the computer-controlled measurements in education-what needs to be done","authors":"M. Chrzanowska-Jeske, M. Jeske","doi":"10.1109/IMTC.1997.612432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.1997.612432","url":null,"abstract":"Approaches to computer-controlled experimentation environments used in engineering education are discussed and analyzed. Problems with developing fully integrated user friendly systems are presented and future directions are proposed.","PeriodicalId":124893,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Sensing, Processing, Networking. IMTC Proceedings","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125446164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collection efficiency of CdZnTe detectors","authors":"G. Giakos, S. Vedantham, J. Odogba","doi":"10.1109/IMTC.1997.603906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.1997.603906","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, the detection of signal charge produced by X-rays incident on resistive CdZnTe semiconductor substrates, at different detector geometries, within the X-ray diagnostic energy range, is investigated. The experimental results suggest that the observed signal-to-noise ratio is dependent upon the choice of the polarizing electrode that is directly exposed to the incident X-ray beam. An efficient charge defection is achieved achieved when the X-ray beam is incident on the negative electrode with the electric field parallel to the direction of the incoming photons.","PeriodicalId":124893,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Sensing, Processing, Networking. IMTC Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129082345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}