Integrity monitoring of an old steel bridge using fiber optic distributed sensors based on Brillouin scattering

Branko Glišić; Daniele Posenato; Daniele Inaudi

doi:10.1117/12.716055

19 April 2007 Integrity monitoring of an old steel bridge using fiber optic distributed sensors based on Brillouin scattering

Branko Glišić, Daniele Posenato, Daniele Inaudi

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Proceedings Volume 6531, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2007; 65310P (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.716055
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Götaälvbron, the bridge over Göta river, was built in thirties and is now more than seventy years old. The steel girders were cracked and two issues are in cause of steel cracking: fatigue and mediocre quality of the steel. The bridge authorities repaired the bridge and decided to keep it in service for the next fifteen years, but in order to increase the safety and reduce uncertainties related to the bridge performance an integrity monitoring system has been mandatory. The main issue related to selection of the monitoring system has been the total length of the girders which is for all the nine girders more than 9 km. It was therefore decided to monitor the most loaded five girders (total length of 5 km approximately) and logically a fiber optic distributed sensing system have been selected. For the first time a truly distributed fiber optic sensing system, based on Brillouin scattering effect, is employed on such large scale to monitor new crack occurrence and unusual strain development. The monitoring system itself, the monitoring strategy, challenges related to installation and the data management are presented in this paper.

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Branko Glišić, Daniele Posenato, and Daniele Inaudi "Integrity monitoring of an old steel bridge using fiber optic distributed sensors based on Brillouin scattering", Proc. SPIE 6531, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2007, 65310P (19 April 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.716055

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