Intrinsic optical fiber temperature and strain sensor for structural health monitoring of concrete structure

Structure failure in civil engineering has been a motivation behind the development of monitoring system where it provides analytical data for evaluating the performance of building's structure, highway bridge, tunnel, etc., in order to minimize the risk of engineering disaster that would endan...

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Main Author: Zulkiflli, Nur Amira
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Language:English
Published: 2018
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spelling my-utm-ep.794522018-10-31T12:39:22Z Intrinsic optical fiber temperature and strain sensor for structural health monitoring of concrete structure 2018 Zulkiflli, Nur Amira TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Structure failure in civil engineering has been a motivation behind the development of monitoring system where it provides analytical data for evaluating the performance of building's structure, highway bridge, tunnel, etc., in order to minimize the risk of engineering disaster that would endanger public’s safety and property. Fiber Optic Sensor (FOS) has been extensively studied and used since its first discoveries. However, erroneous in measurement due to cross-sensitivity of FBG is the main drawback for this sensing principle. Therefore, cascaded FBGs are developed to monitor temperature and strain. Another drawback of FBG toward temperature is it has poor thermal expansion properties. Thus, an analytical temperature model of FBG that able to enhance temperature sensitivity is developed and realized by coating the FBG with metal material that has good thermal expansion coefficient. The metal coating of FBG is done using electroless plating as this method is simpler and low cost. 2018 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79452/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79452/1/NurAmiraZulkiflliMFKE2018.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
collection UTM Institutional Repository
language English
topic TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
Zulkiflli, Nur Amira
Intrinsic optical fiber temperature and strain sensor for structural health monitoring of concrete structure
description Structure failure in civil engineering has been a motivation behind the development of monitoring system where it provides analytical data for evaluating the performance of building's structure, highway bridge, tunnel, etc., in order to minimize the risk of engineering disaster that would endanger public’s safety and property. Fiber Optic Sensor (FOS) has been extensively studied and used since its first discoveries. However, erroneous in measurement due to cross-sensitivity of FBG is the main drawback for this sensing principle. Therefore, cascaded FBGs are developed to monitor temperature and strain. Another drawback of FBG toward temperature is it has poor thermal expansion properties. Thus, an analytical temperature model of FBG that able to enhance temperature sensitivity is developed and realized by coating the FBG with metal material that has good thermal expansion coefficient. The metal coating of FBG is done using electroless plating as this method is simpler and low cost.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Zulkiflli, Nur Amira
author_facet Zulkiflli, Nur Amira
author_sort Zulkiflli, Nur Amira
title Intrinsic optical fiber temperature and strain sensor for structural health monitoring of concrete structure
title_short Intrinsic optical fiber temperature and strain sensor for structural health monitoring of concrete structure
title_full Intrinsic optical fiber temperature and strain sensor for structural health monitoring of concrete structure
title_fullStr Intrinsic optical fiber temperature and strain sensor for structural health monitoring of concrete structure
title_full_unstemmed Intrinsic optical fiber temperature and strain sensor for structural health monitoring of concrete structure
title_sort intrinsic optical fiber temperature and strain sensor for structural health monitoring of concrete structure
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79452/1/NurAmiraZulkiflliMFKE2018.pdf
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