Continuous coaxial cable sensors for monitoring of RC structures with electrical time domain reflectometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5057, Issue , 2003, Pages 410-421

  Chen, Genda ^a   Mu, Huimin ^a   Pommerenke, David ^a   Drewniak, James L ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaxial cables; Continuous sensors; Crack sensors; Electrical time domain reflectometry; Reflection coefficient; Strain sensors

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL CABLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; REFLECTOMETERS; SENSORS; STRAIN; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

STRAIN SENSORS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0242636110     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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