Weldable fibre Bragg grating sensors for steel bridge monitoring

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Barbosa, C ^a   Costa, N ^a   Ferreira, L A ^a,b   Arajo, F M ^a,b   Varum, H ^c   Costa, A ^c   Fernandes, C ^c   Rodrigues, H ^c  

^a FiberSensing SA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fibre Bragg grating sensors; Metallic bridge; Structural health monitoring; Weldable sensors

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FOOTBRIDGES; STEEL BRIDGES; STEEL FIBERS;

FIBRE BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; IN-SERVICE MONITORING; INSTALLATION PROCEDURES; MECHANICAL PROTECTION; METALLIC BRIDGE; METALLIC STRUCTURES; STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TEMPERATURE CYCLES;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 63749121444     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/19/12/125305     Document Type: Article

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