A novel TDR-based coaxial cable sensor for crack/strain sensing in reinforced concrete structures

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2714-2725

  Sun, Shishuang ^a   Pommerenke, David J ^b   Drewniak, James L ^b   Chen, Genda ^b   Xue, Liang ^c   Brower, Michael A ^d   Koledintseva, Marina Y ^b  

^a ALTERA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^c NVIDIA   (United States)

^d BURNS AND MCDONNELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaxial cable; Crack strain sensor; Plasma spray; Sensitivity; Signal loss; Spatial resolution; Time domain reflectometry (TDR)

Indexed keywords

CRACK/STRAIN SENSOR; PLASMA SPRAY; SENSITIVITY; SIGNAL LOSS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR);

BUILDING MATERIALS; COAXIAL CABLES; CRACK DETECTION; CRACKS; ELECTRIC CABLES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTICAL SENSORS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SPRAYING; PLASMAS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SPRAYED COATINGS; STEEL; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIN;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 67949117041     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2015706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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