Glisic / Inaudi Fibre Optic Methods for Structural Health Monitoring

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-51780-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 276 Seiten, E-Book

The use of fibre optic sensors in structural health monitoring hasrapidly accelerated in recent years. By embedding fibre opticsensors in structures (e.g. buildings, bridges and pipelines) it ispossible to obtain real time data on structural changes such asstress or strain. Engineers use monitoring data to detectdeviations from a structure's original design performance inorder to optimise the operation, repair and maintenance of astructure over time.
Fibre Optic Methods for Structural Health Monitoring isorganised as a step-by-step guide to implementing a monitoringsystem and includes examples of common structures and theirmost-frequently monitored parameters. This book:
* presents a universal method for static structural healthmonitoring, using a technique with proven effectiveness in hundredsof applications worldwide;
* discusses a variety of different structures includingbuildings, bridges, dams, tunnels and pipelines;
* features case studies which describe common problems and offersolutions to those problems;
* provides advice on establishing mechanical parameters tomonitor (including deformations, rotations and displacements) andon placing sensors to achieve monitoring objectives;
* identifies methods for interpreting data according toconstruction material and shows how to apply numerical concepts andformulae to data in order to inform decision making.
Fibre Optic Methods for Structural Health Monitoring isan invaluable reference for practising engineers in the fields ofcivil, structural and geotechnical engineering. It will also be ofinterest to academics and undergraduate/graduate students studyingcivil and structural engineering.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glisic, Branko

Inaudi, Daniele

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Branko GliSic received his degrees in CivilEngineering and Theoretical Mathematics at University of Belgrade,Serbia, and Ph.D. at the EPFL, Switzerland. His thesis focuses onthe development of fiber optic sensors for particular applications,and characterization of concrete at very early age. He was employedat SMARTEC SA, Switzerland, where he was involved in research andengineering at different levels of responsibility in numerousstructural health monitoring (SHM) projects. Since February 2009 hehas been employed as an Assistant Professor at Department of Civiland Environmental Engineering of Princeton University. His mainareas of interest are SHM methods, advanced sensory systems, smartstructures, SHM data management, and sustainable engineering. Prof.Gli?i? is author and co-author of more than hundred publishedpapers, university course on SHM, short courses on SHM using FOS,and he is a member of several professional associations (ISHMII,ACI, ACSE, IABMAS, IABSE, ISMA).
Dr. Daniele Inaudi received a degree in physics at theSwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ). Hisgraduation work was centred on the theoretical and experimentalstudy of the polarization state of the emission of external gratingdiode lasers and was prized with the ETHZ medal. He is an activemember of OSA, SPIE, IABSE, IABMAS, fib, founding member of ISHMII,chairman of the Sensor conference at the annual "SPIEInternational Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials"and member of the organizing committee of the annual"International conference on Optical Fibre Sensors".Daniele Inaudi is author of more that 80 papers, three bookchapters and editor of a book on Optical NondestructiveTesting.