To realize the reliable and long-term strain detection, the durability of optical fiber sensors
has attracted more and more attention. The packaging technique has been considered as …

Distributed fiber optic sensors with protective packages have shown unique capabilities in
measuring strain and crack distributions for structural health monitoring. However, the …

The relation between the component strain and the strain on a surface-attached optical fiber
is governed by the effectiveness of shear transfer through the adhesive and the polymeric …

Optical fiber sensors are the most promising technique in monitoring physical and chemical
variables of civil structures. For the brittle material characteristics, a bare sensing fiber is …

Considering the mechanical effects and the different paths for transferring deformation,
optical fiber sensors commonly used in civil engineering have been systematically …

Optical fiber strain sensors with light weight, small dimensions and immunity to
electromagnetic interference are widely used in structural health monitoring devices. As a …

Fiber optic sensors represent one of the most promising technologies for the monitoring of
various engineering structures. A major challenge in the field is to analyze and predict the …

Optical fibers with protective coatings have been used as distributed strain sensors for
automated inspection in the construction, operation, and maintenance of various …

Optical fiber sensing technology has been widely used for thermal strain detection of civil
structures subjected to the environmental temperature variations. Due to the fragile material …

In this paper, we review our researches on the topics of the structural health monitoring
(SHM) with the fiber-optic distributed strain sensor. Highly-dense information on strains in a …