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A Review of Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors for Civil Engineering Applications

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Barrias, António, Casas, Joan, Villalba, Sergi·2016·Sensors
DOI 10.3390/s16050748
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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 understanding of structures’ conditions and increasingly lead to a more cost-effective management of those infrastructures. In this field, the use of fiber optic sensors has been studied, discussed and practiced with encouraging results. The possibility of understanding and monitor the distributed behavior of extensive stretches of critical structures it’s an enormous advantage that distributed fiber optic sensing provides to SHM systems. In the past decade, several R & D studies have been performed with the goal of improving the knowledge and developing new techniques associated with the application of distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS) in order to widen the range of applications of these sensors and also to obtain more correct and reliable data. This paper presents, after a brief introduction to the theoretical background of DOFS, the latest developments related with the improvement of these products by presenting a wide range of laboratory experiments as well as an extended review of their diverse applications in civil engineering structures.

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Authors
Barrias, A., Casas, J., & Villalba, S.
Venue
Sensors
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2016-05-23
Volume
16
Issue
5
Pages
748
ISSN
1424-8220 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/s16050748
OpenAlex
W2407746226
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824
References
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FWCI
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Language
en
Open access
gold
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creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Funders
  • European Union's Horizon 2020 (Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No.642453)
  • Spanish Ministry of Economy and Innovation (BIA2013-47290-R, BIA2012-36848)

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