Reliable damage detection and localization using direct strain sensing

Y. Yao, B. Glisic

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Abstract

Civil infrastructure in the U.S. is aging and has been identified as an area in critical need. Many bridges of great importance are approaching the end of their lifespan. It is necessary to determine and monitor their structural health in order to mitigate risks, prevent disasters, and plan maintenance activities in an optimized manner. The need for reliable, robust, and low-cost Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is thus rapidly increasing. In spite of its importance, however, SHM is rarely utilized on real structures. The main reason for this is the cost and limited reliability achievable by current monitoring technologies. The sensors currently available must be sparsely spaced and either provide severely insufficient spatial-resolution for early damage detection or rely on complex algorithms that degrade specificity against environmental and variable-load conditions. The objectives of this research are two-fold: to investigate sensing-system principles that provide affordable monitoring through a dense and expansive array of sensors enabled by distributed fiber optic technology and technology called large-area electronics; and to experimentally study how the high-resolution sensing offered by such systems can overcome the robustness and reliability limitations affecting current SHM technologies. The main concepts are presented in this paper along with both reduced- and large-scale test results, which demonstrate that the proposed technologies and direct sensing approach are beneficial for reliable damage detection and localization of damage over large areas of a structure.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationBridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management
PublisherTaylor and Francis - Balkema
Pages714-721
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9780415621243
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event6th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2012 - Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy
Duration: Jul 8 2012Jul 12 2012

Publication series

NameBridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management

Other

Other6th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2012
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityStresa, Lake Maggiore
Period7/8/127/12/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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