Fiber Bragg grating sensors for structural health monitoring of Tsing Ma bridge: Background and experimental observation

Engineering Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 648-659

  Chan, T H T ^a   Yu, L ^a,c   Tam, H Y ^a   Ni, Y Q ^a   Liu, S Y ^a   Chung, W H ^a   Cheng, L K ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c CHANGJIANG RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Strain; Structural health monitoring; Tsing Ma bridge (TMB)

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

CONDITION MONITORING;

CONDITION MONITORING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT;

EID: 30844443917     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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