Internal strain measurements in concrete elements by fiber optic sensors

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-133

  Bonfiglioli, Barbara ^a   Pascale, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fiber optics; Sensors; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POISSON RATIO; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

CONCRETE STRAIN;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

CONCRETE; FIBER OPTICS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0037368260     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2003)15:2(125)     Document Type: Article

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