Testing of a prestressed concrete girder to study the enhanced performance of monitoring by integrating optical fiber sensors

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 541-549

  Jacobs, Serge ^a   Matthys, Stijn ^b   De Roeck, Guido ^a   Taerwe, Luc ^b   De Waele, Wim ^b   Degrieck, Joris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concrete, prestressed; Girders; Monitoring; Sensors

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; DYNAMIC LOADS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC MONITORING; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FIBER STRAIN SENSORS; PLASTIC HINGES;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 33947308740     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2007)133:4(541)     Document Type: Article

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