SHM by DOFS in civil engineering: a review

This paper provides an overview of the use of different Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor systems (DOFSs) to perform Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) in the specific case of civil engineering structures. Nowadays, there are several methods available for extracting distributed measurements from opti...

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Autores: Casas Rius, Joan Ramon|||0000-0003-4473-4308, Rodríguez, Gerardo, Villalba Herrero, Sergi|||0000-0001-6535-6372
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/80918
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/80918
https://dx.doi.org/10.12989/smm.2015.2.4.357
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Structural health monitoring
Optical fiber detectors
structural health monitoring
distributed optical fiber
Brillouin and Rayleigh backscattering
Detectors de fibra òptica
Control d'estructures (Enginyeria)
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructures
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telecomunicació òptica::Fibra òptica
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Sumario:This paper provides an overview of the use of different Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor systems (DOFSs) to perform Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) in the specific case of civil engineering structures. Nowadays, there are several methods available for extracting distributed measurements from optical fiber, and their use have to be according with the aims of the SHM performance. The continuous-in-space data is the common advantage of the different DOFSs over other conventional health monitoring systems and, depending on the particular characteristics of each DOFS, a global and/or local health structural evaluation is possible with different accuracy. Firstly, the fundamentals of different DOFSs and their principal advantages and disadvantages are presented. Then, laboratory and field tests using different DOFSs systems to measure strain in structural elements and civil structures are presented and discussed. Finally, based on the current applications, conclusions and future trends of DOFSs in SHM in civil structures are proposed.