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 …

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 …

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 …

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based sensors have been extensively used to monitor the
deformation of structures (ie, aircrafts, ocean platforms, bridges, tunnels, pavements and …

In this study, a truly distributed sensing system was used to monitor the mechanical behavior
of a representative-scale reinforced concrete structural element tested in four-point bending …

Civil structural health monitoring (CSHM) has become significantly more important within the
last decades due to rapidly growing construction volume worldwide as well as aging …

This study presents a method for on-site assessment of prestress losses in prestressed
concrete structures. The study is motivated by the increased use of prestressed concrete, the …

Considering the mechanical effects and the different paths for transferring deformation,
optical fiber sensors commonly used in civil engineering have been systematically …

Natural frequencies are probably the most widely used modal characteristics in vibration-
based monitoring. However, they can be highly influenced by temperature and this influence …

Strain distribution of asphalt pavement varies in transverse and longitudinal directions, and
distresses, such as cracks, ruts and settlements, often occur randomly, which can be …