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1、NDT&EInternational34(2001)85±94www.elsevier.com/locate/ndteintFiberopticsensorsinconcrete:thefuture?C.K.Y.Leung*DepartmentofCivilEngineering,HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,ClearWaterBay,Kowloon,HongKong,People'sRepublicofChinaAbstractFiberopticsensingsystem
2、shavebeensuccessfullydevelopedformanyengineeringapplications.Theobjectiveofthisreviewpaperistoassessthepotentialof®beropticsensorsforthemonitoringofconcretestructures.Inthispaper,somecurrentapplicationsof®beropticsensorsinconcretestructuresare®rstreviewedtodemonstrat
3、etheirapplicabilityinconventionalmonitoringapplications.Theadvantagesofopticalsensorsoverelectricalgaugesandtransducersarealsodiscussed.Then,wewillfocusontwonovel®beropticsensorsforthemonitoringofcrackinganddelaminationinconcretestructureswithoutrequiringaprioriknowl
4、edgeofthedamagelocations.Throughthesetwoexamples,itisdemonstratedthattheproperdesignofopticsensorscanprovideusefulsensingcapabilitiesunprecedentedwithconventionalsensors.Withfurtherresearchfocusingonthedevelopmentofnovelsensingconceptsandthereductionofsensorcost,thew
5、idespreaduseofopticalsensorsinconcretestructurescanbecomearealityinthefuture.q2001PublishedbyElsevierScienceLtd.Keywords:Fiberopticsensors;Monitoring;Concretestructures1.Introductionibletheacquisitionofnewinformationusefulfortheassess-mentofstructuralcondition.Moreov
6、er,thecostoftheInfrastructuredecayisabigproblemfacedbymanysensorsandassociatedequipmentshouldbereasonablydevelopedcountriesintheworld.Concretestructureslowtomake®beropticsensingeconomicallyjusti®able.constitutealargeportionoftheworld'sphysicalinfrastruc-Whilekeepingi
7、nmindtheimportanceofcostimplications,ture.Afteryearsinservice,manyconcretestructures,suchwewillhereafterfocusonthetechnicalaspects.Inthe®rstasbridges,damsandpowerplants,areshowingseverede-partofthepaper,afewpioneeringdevelopmentsrelatedtoterioration.Toensuresafetyoft
8、hesestructuresandtoprior-®beropticsensorsinconcretestructureswillbereviewed.itizemaintenanceeffort,thereisaneedtomonitortheWhileiti