Structural health monitoring using fibre optic acoustic emission sensors

JO Willberry, M Papaelias, G Franklyn Fernando - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acoustic emission (AE) is widely used for condition monitoring of critical components and
structures. Conventional AE techniques employ wideband or resonant piezoelectric sensors …

Twisting measurement and compensation of optical shape sensor based on spun multicore fiber

I Floris, J Madrigal, S Sales, PA Calderón… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study presents a novel method for twisting compensation in optical shape sensing and
first reports on twisting sensing by using Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) inscribed in a spun …

Fiber optic sensors enabled monitoring of thermal curling of concrete pavement slab: Temperature, strain and inclination

W Liao, Y Zhuang, C Zeng, W Deng, J Huang, H Ma - Measurement, 2020 - Elsevier
An intellectual system is developed to monitor concrete pavement slab subjected to external
temperature fluctuations. Truly distributed fiber-optic temperature and strain sensors and an …

Optical fiber sensing technology for full-scale condition monitoring of pavement layers

HP Wang, P Xiang, LZ Jiang - Road Materials and Pavement …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Because of the rapidly increased traffic weight and severe service environment (ie
temperature and humidity) in recent years, a great number of newly paved pavement …

Monitoring vehicles on highway by dual-channel φ-OTDR

S Xu, Z Qin, W Zhang, X Xiong - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
As a fully distributed sensor, the phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometer (φ-
OTDR) has attracted remarkable attention in real-time vibration detection. We present a dual …

Dynamic distributed strain sensing to assess reinforced concrete behaviour

Z Broth, NA Hoult - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
To investigate the potential of using dynamic distributed fibre optic sensing (DDFOS), a
series of slender and deep reinforced concrete beams were tested. The beams were loaded …

Fiber Bragg grating sensors for subgrade deformation monitoring in seasonally frozen regions

S Meng, Y Sun, M Wang - Structural Control and Health …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Excessive subgrade permanent deformation resulting from heavy vehicle traffic and freezing–
thawing cycles is one of the primary causes of road damage in seasonally frozen regions. In …

Impedance-based structural health monitoring applied to steel fiber-reinforced concrete structures

RNF Silva, KM Tsuruta, DS Rabelo… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2020 - Springer
The goal of the present contribution is to test the effectiveness of an impedance-based
structural health monitoring (ISHM) methodology to detect damage in steel fiber-reinforced …

Cost-effective load measurement system for health monitoring using long-period grating as an edge filter

S Alamandala, RLNS Prasad, PR Kumar - Optical Fiber Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
A low-cost real time load measurement system employing fiber Bragg grating as a strain
sensor and long-period grating as an edge filter for structural health monitoring is being …

Optical Multicore Fiber Shape Sensors. A numerical and experimental performance assessment

I Floris - 2020 - riunet.upv.es
[ES] La Monitorización de la Salud Estructural (MSE) evalúa cuantitativamente la integridad
y el comportamiento de las infraestructuras y permite desarrollar planes eficaces de …