Fiber optic strain monitoring for long-term evaluation of a concrete footbridge under extended test conditionss

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1036-1043

  Surre, Frederic ^a   Sun, Tong ^a   Grattan, Kenneth T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating; optical fiber sensors; strain sensors; structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

LOADING CONDITION; LONG-TERM EVALUATION; OPTIC STRAIN; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR SYSTEMS; STRAIN SENSORS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FOOTBRIDGES; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

LOADING;

EID: 84873397902     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2234736     Document Type: Article

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