Distributed strain measurement in steel bridge with fiber optic sensors: Validation through diagnostic load test

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 264-273

  Matta, Fabio ^a,b   Bastianini, Filippo ^c   Galati, Nestore ^d   Casadei, Paolo ^e   Nanni, Antonio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b U Texas   (United States)

^c Sesto Sensor Metalmobile Srl   (Italy)

^d Structural Group Inc   (United States)

^e TecInn Srl Innovative Technologies   (Italy)

^f University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessments; Bridge tests; Bridges, steel; Fiber optics; Sensors; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (ASCM); BACKSCATTERED LIGHT; BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURES; BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (BOTDR); CIVIL STRUCTURES; CONTINUOUS GIRDERS; DEFLECTION MEASUREMENTS; DEFLECTION PROFILES; DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS; DESIGN LIMITS; DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENTS; DISTRIBUTED SENSORS; DISTRIBUTED STRAIN MEASUREMENTS; EMBEDDED SENSING; FIBER OPTIC; FIBER OPTIC SENSING; FIBER STRAIN; FIELD VALIDATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); FREQUENCY SHIFTING; HEALTH MONITORING; HIGH PRECISION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LARGE STRUCTURES; LOAD TESTING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT; NUMERICA L RESULTS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; PILOT APPLICATIONS; SLAB ON GIRDER BRIDGE; STEEL GIRDERS; STRAIN PROFILING; STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS; TEMPERATURE PROFILING; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TOTAL STATION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BRIDGES; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC MEASURING BRIDGES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBERS; HEALTH; IRON; LOAD TESTING; MEASUREMENTS; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TESTING; SENSORS; STEEL; STEEL TESTING; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 47749083100     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2008)22:4(264)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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