Tapered Polymer Fiber Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Beam Vibration Detection

• Main Authors: Luo, D., Ibrahim, Z., Ma, J., Ismail, Z., Iseley, D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2016
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/17687/1/Luo%2C_D._%282016%29.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/17687/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16122149
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

In this study, tapered polymer fiber sensors (TPFSs) have been employed to detect the vibration of a reinforced concrete beam (RC beam). The sensing principle was based on transmission modes theory. The natural frequency of an RC beam was theoretically analyzed. Experiments were carried out with sen...