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A Review of Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors for Civil Engineering Applications by Barrias, António, Casas, Joan R, Villalba, Sergi

“…The application of structural health monitoring (SHM) systems to civil engineering structures has been a developing studied and practiced topic, that has…”
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Application of optical fiber distributed sensing to health monitoring of concrete structures by Villalba, Sergi, Casas, Joan R.

“…The use of Optical Backscatter Reflectometer (OBR) sensors is a promising measurement technology for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) as it offers the…”
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Embedded Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors in Reinforced Concrete Structures-A Case Study by Barrias, António, Casas, Joan R, Villalba, Sergi

“…When using distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS) on reinforced concrete structures, a compromise must be achieved between the protection requirements and…”
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Fatigue performance of distributed optical fiber sensors in reinforced concrete elements by Barrias, António, Casas, Joan R., Villalba, Sergi

“…•2 million load cycle fatigue test on two RC beams instrumented with DOFS.•Assessment of DOFS performance on standard highway bridges.•Comparison assessment of…”
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Shear crack width assessment in concrete structures by 2D distributed optical fiber by Rodriguez, Gerardo, Casas, Joan R., Villalba, Sergi

“…•Most of the papers that currently refer to the use of distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS), in the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) deal with Brillouin…”
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SHM of Reinforced Concrete Elements by Rayleigh Backscattering DOFS by Barrias, António, Casas, Joan R., Villalba, Sergi

“…This document showcases the latest research conducted within UPC–BarcelonaTech on the performance of distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS), more…”
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Application of distributed optical fiber sensors for the health monitoring of two real structures in Barcelona by Barrias, António, Rodriguez, Gerardo, Casas, Joan R., Villalba, Sergi

“…This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Structure and Infrastructure Engineering on 2018, available online at:…”
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New structural joint by rebar looping applied to staged box girder bridge construction. Static tests by Villalba-Herrero, Sergi, Casas, Joan R.

“…The paper describes the design, development and experimental checking of a modified type of structural joint with limited length between concrete segments cast…”
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Distributed optical fibre sensors in concrete structures: Performance of bonding adhesives and influence of spatial resolution by Barrias, António, Casas, Joan R., Villalba, Sergi

“…Summary In this paper, the authors conducted an experiment where a reinforced concrete beam was instrumented with a 5‐m long polyimide single distributed…”
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Shear crack pattern identification in concrete elements via distributed optical fibre grid by Rodriguez, Gerardo, Casas, Joan R., Villalba, Sergi

“…An experimental methodology to obtain the shear cracking pattern in concrete elements is presented. The method is based on the use of Distributed Optical Fibre…”
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New Structural Joint by Rebar Looping Applied to Segmental Bridge Construction: Fatigue Strength Tests by Villalba, Sergi, Casas, Joan R, Aparicio, Ángel C, Villalba, Vicens

“…AbstractThe objective of this research has been to design, develop, and evaluate experimentally a modified type of construction joint of limited length between…”
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Structural Health Monitoring with Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors of tunnel lining affected by nearby construction activity by Gómez, Judit, Casas, Joan R., Villalba, Sergi

“…This paper addresses the implementation of a Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor system (DOFS) to the TMB L-9 metro tunnel in Barcelona for Structural Health…”
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