Title :
Applications of distributed fiber strain sensing for smart structures
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
This paper reviews the application of a distributed fiber strain sensor (a Brillouin optical time domain reflectometer) to three structures: concrete beam bending strain measurement, river levee change detection, and monitoring of an America´s Cup yacht. The results suggest that this approach is useful for realizing smart structures.
Keywords :
distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; intelligent structures; optical time-domain reflectometry; strain measurement; strain sensors; Brillouin optical time domain reflectometer; concrete beam bending strain measurement; distributed fiber strain sensing; river levee change detection; smart structures; yacht monitoring; Boats; Capacitive sensors; Concrete; Intelligent sensors; Levee; Monitoring; Optical fiber sensors; Optical sensors; Rivers; Strain measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967937
