Embedded fiber optic crack sensor for reinforced concrete structures

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 468-476

  Gu, Xianglin ^a   Chen, Zhongyu ^b   Ansari, Farhad ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^c 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracking; Embedded sensors; Fiber optic sensors; NDT; Reinforced concrete; Structural monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK INITIATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; REFLECTOMETERS; STRAIN;

OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETERS (OTDR);

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0034191692     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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