Surface Crack Detection in Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipes Using BOTDA Strain Sensors

Structural deterioration after a period of service can induce the failure of prestressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCPs), with microcracks in the coating leading to the corrosion of the prestressed wires. In this paper, we propose the use of Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (BOTDA) strain sens...

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Main Authors: Zhigang Xu, Xin Feng, Sheng Zhong, Wenjing Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9259062