Development of method for in-service crack detection based on distributed fiber optic sensors

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-171

  Glisic, Branko ^a   Inaudi, Daniele ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b SMARTEC SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; fiber optic sensors; fracture critical bridges; in service crack detection; structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

DIRECT DETECTION; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSOR; DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER SENSING TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH CONDITION; INTEGRITY MONITORING; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE SPAN; LOCAL STRAINS; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; NO LOAD; STRAIN CHANGE; STRAIN FIELDS; STRUCTURAL CONDITION; STRUCTURAL HEALTH;

BRIDGES; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DAMAGE DETECTION; DISASTER PREVENTION; FRACTURE; HEALTH RISKS; SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 84857669703     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921711414233     Document Type: Article

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