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Tapered Polymer Fiber Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Beam Vibration Detection

In this study, tapered polymer fiber sensors (TPFSs) have been employed to detect the vibration of a reinforced concrete beam (RC beam). The sensing principle was based on transmission modes theory. The natural frequency of an RC beam was theoretically analyzed. Experiments were carried out with sen...

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Main Authors: Luo, D., Ibrahim, Z., Ma, J., Ismail, Z., Iseley, D.
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Language:English
Published: MDPI 2016
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/17687/1/Luo%2C_D._%282016%29.pdf
http://eprints.um.edu.my/17687/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16122149
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spelling my.um.eprints.176872017-08-14T04:50:44Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/17687/ Tapered Polymer Fiber Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Beam Vibration Detection Luo, D. Ibrahim, Z. Ma, J. Ismail, Z. Iseley, D. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) In this study, tapered polymer fiber sensors (TPFSs) have been employed to detect the vibration of a reinforced concrete beam (RC beam). The sensing principle was based on transmission modes theory. The natural frequency of an RC beam was theoretically analyzed. Experiments were carried out with sensors mounted on the surface or embedded in the RC beam. Vibration detection results agreed well with Kistler accelerometers. The experimental results found that both the accelerometer and TPFS detected the natural frequency function of a vibrated RC beam well. The mode shapes of the RC beam were also found by using the TPFSs. The proposed vibration detection method provides a cost-comparable solution for a structural health monitoring (SHM) system in civil engineering. MDPI 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/17687/1/Luo%2C_D._%282016%29.pdf Luo, D. and Ibrahim, Z. and Ma, J. and Ismail, Z. and Iseley, D. (2016) Tapered Polymer Fiber Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Beam Vibration Detection. Sensors, 16 (12). p. 2149. ISSN 1424-8220 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16122149 doi:10.3390/s16122149
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Luo, D.
Ibrahim, Z.
Ma, J.
Ismail, Z.
Iseley, D.
Tapered Polymer Fiber Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Beam Vibration Detection
description In this study, tapered polymer fiber sensors (TPFSs) have been employed to detect the vibration of a reinforced concrete beam (RC beam). The sensing principle was based on transmission modes theory. The natural frequency of an RC beam was theoretically analyzed. Experiments were carried out with sensors mounted on the surface or embedded in the RC beam. Vibration detection results agreed well with Kistler accelerometers. The experimental results found that both the accelerometer and TPFS detected the natural frequency function of a vibrated RC beam well. The mode shapes of the RC beam were also found by using the TPFSs. The proposed vibration detection method provides a cost-comparable solution for a structural health monitoring (SHM) system in civil engineering.
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author Luo, D.
Ibrahim, Z.
Ma, J.
Ismail, Z.
Iseley, D.
author_facet Luo, D.
Ibrahim, Z.
Ma, J.
Ismail, Z.
Iseley, D.
author_sort Luo, D.
title Tapered Polymer Fiber Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Beam Vibration Detection
title_short Tapered Polymer Fiber Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Beam Vibration Detection
title_full Tapered Polymer Fiber Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Beam Vibration Detection
title_fullStr Tapered Polymer Fiber Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Beam Vibration Detection
title_full_unstemmed Tapered Polymer Fiber Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Beam Vibration Detection
title_sort tapered polymer fiber sensors for reinforced concrete beam vibration detection
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/17687/1/Luo%2C_D._%282016%29.pdf
http://eprints.um.edu.my/17687/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16122149
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