Strengthen and real-time monitoring of RC beam using "intelligent" CFRP with embedded FBG sensors

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1839-1845

  Lu, Shao wei ^a   Xie, Huai qin ^b  

^a SHENYANG AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP); Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor; Monitoring; Reinforced concrete (RC) beams

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CONDITION MONITORING; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; STRAIN GAGES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS (CFRP); FBG SENSORS; INTERFERENCE RESISTANCE; STRAIN CHANGE;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 34250008177     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.05.062     Document Type: Article

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