Abstract: The work presented pertains to the development and application of a damage detection method in bridges by use of distributed fiber-optic sensors. It utilizes the dynamic mode of the Brillouin optical time-domain analysis ...

Abstract: A new method for conversion of the distributed strain measurements to crack opening displacements (CODs) in structural elements is introduced. A hybrid approach involving theoretical and experimental strain distribution ...

Abstract: A method is presented for estimating the mode shapes of multispan structures based on the distributed optical fiber strain sensors. The dynamic mode decomposition method was employed to decompose the spatial–temporal strain ...

Abstract: Development of a simplified approach for monitoring the cables of cable-stayed bridges is described in this article. The method introduced in this paper uses the distributed measurement of strains along the bridge deck to ...

Abstract: Development of a simplified approach for monitoring the cables of cable-stayed bridges is described in this article. The method introduced in this paper uses the distributed measurement of strains along the bridge deck to ...

Abstract: A reference-free damage detection method based on distributed monitoring of strains in large structural systems is introduced. The method employs the dynamic distributed strain data to formulate its own virtual reference ...

Abstract: Stress-strain response of optical fibers in direct tension is introduced in this article. The research involved direct tension tests of optical fibers and development of theoretical relationships describing the tensile ...

Abstract: A bridge monitoring approach is proposed for the distributed detection and quantification of crack opening displacements (CODs) along the lengths of large bridges. The proposed method does not require a priori knowledge ...