Measuring ground anchor forces of a quay wall with Bragg sensors

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 322-328

  Moorman, W ^a   Taerwe, L ^a   De Waele, W ^a   Degrieck, J ^a   Himpe, J ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NV Herbosch Kiere   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anchors; Fiber optics; Instrumentation; Measurement; Monitoring; Temperature sensors

Indexed keywords

ANCHORS; CALIBRATION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MONITORING; PRESTRESSING; QUAY WALLS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BRAGG SENSORS; CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 12744265212     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2005)131:2(322)     Document Type: Article

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