The present work is a comprehensive collection of recently published research articles on
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) campaigns performed by means of Distributed Optical …

The application of structural health monitoring (SHM) systems to civil engineering structures
has been a developing studied and practiced topic, that has allowed for a better …

Fiber–optic sensors have been widely deployed in various applications, and their use has
gradually increased since the 1980 s. Distributed fiber–optic sensors, which enable …

In the last two decades, a significant number of innovative sensing systems based on optical
fiber sensors have been exploited in the engineering community due to their inherent …

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 …

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 …

Crack occurrence and propagation are among critical factors that affect the performance and
lifespan of civil infrastructures such as bridges, pipelines, and so on. As a consequence …

Structural health monitoring (SHM) is a process aimed at providing accurate and in‐time
information concerning structural health condition and performance, which can serve as an …

Evidence from past earthquakes suggests that damage inflicted to buried natural gas (NG)
pipelines can cause long service disruptions, leading to unpredictably high socioeconomic …

When using distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS) on reinforced concrete structures, a
compromise must be achieved between the protection requirements and robustness of the …