Field tests of fibre Bragg grating sensors incorporated into CFRP for railway bridge strengthening condition monitoring

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-74

  Kerrouche, A ^a   Boyle, W J O ^a   Gebremichael, Y ^a   Sun, T ^a   Grattan, K T V ^a   Taljsten B ^b   Bennitz, A ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bridge strengthening; Carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP); Fibre Bragg grating (FBG); Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; CONDITION MONITORING; ELECTRIC SENSING DEVICES; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; PASSENGER CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; REINFORCEMENT; REPAIR; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BRIDGE STRENGTHENING; CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER; FIBRE BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; FIBRE REINFORCEMENTS; NEAR SURFACE MOUNTED REINFORCEMENTS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; REPAIR AND STRENGTHENING; STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 55349124916     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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