Full-scale test of a concrete box girder using FBG sensing system

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 643-652

  Chung, Wonseok ^a   Kang, Donghoon ^a  

^a Korea Railroad Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fibre Bragg grating (FBG); Full scale; Monitoring; Railway bridge; Strain

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ELECTRIC EXCITERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; RAILROAD BRIDGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

DIGITALLY CONTROLLED EXCITER; RAILWAY BRIDGES;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

ACCELEROMETERS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELECTRIC EXCITERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; RAILROAD BRIDGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

ACCELEROMETER; BRIDGE; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL POWER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAILWAY; STRAIN;

EID: 38949209143     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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