Monitoring internal displacements of a model dam using FBG sensing bars

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-261

  Zhu, Hong Hu ^a   Yin, Jian Hua ^a,b   Zhang, Lin ^b   Jin, Wei ^a   Dong, Jian Hua ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dam; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Internal displacement; Optical fiber sensing technology; Physical model test

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION TESTS; DAM-FOUNDATION SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT PROFILES; EULER BERNOULLI BEAM THEORY; FBG SENSING; FBG SENSOR; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); HIGH-ACCURACY; LABORATORY SCALE; OPTICAL FIBER SENSING TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL MODEL TEST; QUASI-DISTRIBUTED; REAL TIME MONITORING; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; MODELS; MONITORING; OPTICAL FIBERS;

DAMS;

EID: 77953344224     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1369-4332.13.2.249     Document Type: Article

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