Distributed Strain Monitoring with Arrays of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors on an In-Construction Steel Box-Girder Bridge

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 454-461

  Vohra, Sandeep ^a   Johnson, Gregg ^a   Todd, Michael ^a   Danver, Bruce ^a   Althouse, Bryan ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Fabry perot; Strain sensors; Structural monitoring

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS (FBG); STRAIN SENSORS;

BOX GIRDER BRIDGES; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL BRIDGES; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033741814     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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