Distributed damage detection of offshore steel structures using plastic optical fibre sensors

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 229, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-67

  Kuang, K S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crack detection; Distributed monitoring; POF sensors; Steel structures; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

CRACK DETECTION; CRACKS; DAMAGE DETECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASTICS; REFLECTOMETERS; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; STEEL FIBERS; STEEL RESEARCH; STEEL STRUCTURES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

DISTRIBUTED MONITORING; OFFSHORE STEEL STRUCTURES; OPTICAL SIGNALS; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER; PHOTON COUNTING; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBRE SENSOR; SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS; STEEL SPECIMENS;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 84926452748     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2015.03.028     Document Type: Article

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