Instrumentation design for bridge scour monitoring using fiber Bragg grating sensors

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 547-557

  Xiong, Wen ^a,b   Cai, C S ^b   Kong, Xuan ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; BRIDGE PIERS; BRIDGES; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC SENSING DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; SCOUR; WATER LEVELS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEPOSITION PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; INSTRUMENTATION DESIGNS; MANUFACTURE PROCESS; SCOUR-MONITORING SYSTEMS; VERIFICATION TESTS;

MONITORING;

EID: 84856854076     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.000547     Document Type: Article

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