A Brillouin smart FRP material and a strain data post processing software for structural health monitoring through laboratory testing and field application on a highway bridge

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5765, Issue PART 2, 2005, Pages 600-611

  Bastianini, Filippo ^a   Matta, Fabio ^a   Galati, Nestore ^a   Nanni, Antonio ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge; Brillouin; Distributed sensing; Fiber optic; Load test; Monitoring; SHM; Smart material

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; FIBER OPTICS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONITORING; OPTICAL SENSORS;

BRILLOUIN; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; LOAD TESTS; SHM;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 25144522594     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.594758     Document Type: Conference Paper

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