The durability, robustness, and long-term stability of optical-fiber-based sensors applied to
practical engineering have always been challenging problems. Refer to the sensors …

This study developed a type of flexible Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensor and proposed
appropriate calibration methods. Strain transfer theory-based calculations were utilized to …

Steel-ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) composite deck emerges as a novel structure
that is promising to improve the fatigue performance of orthotropic steel deck (OSD) …

In this study, the feasibility of using telecommunication single-mode optical fiber (SMF) as a
distributed fiber optic strain and crack sensor was evaluated in concrete pavement …

A novel and compact distributed refractive index (RI) sensor based on Rayleigh
backscattering and macrobending single mode fiber (SMF) is proposed and experimentally …

Asphalt pavement is vulnerable to random damage, such as cracking and rutting, which can
be proactively identified by distributed optical fiber sensing technology. However, due to the …

Because of the rapidly increased traffic weight and severe service environment (ie
temperature and humidity) in recent years, a great number of newly paved pavement …

Premature stress of cement concrete pavements is the coupled action of construction
technique, structural material and environmental action. It is quite difficult to accurately get …

This study explored the feasibility of using an embedded distributed optical-fiber sensors
(DOFS) for providing a fully-distributed measurement in pavement structures, in particular …

Weight data of vehicles play an important role in traffic planning, weight enforcement, and
pavement condition assessment. In this paper, a weigh-in-motion (WIM) system that …