Testing and Monitoring for a Large Scale Truss Bridge Using Long-Gauge Fiber Optic Sensors

Abstract:

Fiber optic sensors become very popular for structural testing and monitoring in civil engineering nowadays, due to its advantage of high resolution and environment durability. In this paper, long-gauge fiber optic bragg grating sensors will be introduced. Structural damage detection stratagem using the micro-strain mode will be studied. Then its application to a structural testing and monitoring for a real long span truss bridge will be discussed in detail. In the testing, 23 long-gauge fiber optic bragg grating sensors were deployed on the mid span of the bridge. Testing were made under conditions either there is train on the bridge or no train on it. Corresponding dynamic characteristics were analyzed and discussed. Results of the testing show that long-gauge fiber optic sensors can work well for structural testing and also damage detection for truss bridges.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 569-570)
• Pages: 223-229
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.569-570.223
• Online since: July 2013
• Authors: Chun Feng Wan, Wan Hong, Zhi Shen Wu, Tadanobu Sato
• Keywords: Damage Detection, Fiber Optic Sensors, Long-Gauge, Modal Macro-Strain, Truss Bridge

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