Crack monitoring in reinforced concrete beams by distributed optical fiber sensors

• Published in: Structure and infrastructure engineering Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 124 - 139
• Main Authors: Berrocal, Carlos G., Fernandez, Ignasi, Rempling, Rasmus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 02.01.2021
• Subjects: Concrete beams; crack monitoring; damage assessment; distributed optical fiber sensors; reinforced concrete; structural health monitoring

This paper investigates the use of distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS) based on Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry of Rayleigh backscattering for Structural Health Monitoring purposes in civil engineering structures. More specifically, the results of a series of laboratory experiments aimed...