Dynamic monitoring and numerical modelling of communication towers with FBG based accelerometers

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-62

  Antunes, Paulo ^a,b   Travanca, Rui ^b   Varum, Humberto ^b   André, Paulo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

FBG based accelerometers; Model calibration; Numerical simulation; Steel towers; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TOWERS; DYNAMIC MONITORING; FINITE ELEMENT; MODEL CALIBRATION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OPTICAL ACCELEROMETER; OPTICAL FBG; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; SIMULATED DATA; SLENDER STRUCTURES; STEEL TOWERS; STRUCTURAL MONITORING;

ACCELEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; TOWERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84860220732     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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