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Concrete pavement monitoring with PPP-BOTDA distributed strain and crack sensors

  • Bao, Yi (Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Tang, Fujian (Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Chen, Yizheng (Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Meng, Weina (Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Huang, Ying (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University) ;
  • Chen, Genda (Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology)
  • Received : 2016.04.25
  • Accepted : 2016.07.12
  • Published : 2016.09.25
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Abstract

In this study, the feasibility of using telecommunication single-mode optical fiber (SMF) as a distributed fiber optic strain and crack sensor was evaluated in concrete pavement monitoring. Tensile tests on various sensors indicated that the $SMF-28e^+$ fiber revealed linear elastic behavior to rupture at approximately 26 N load and 2.6% strain. Six full-scale concrete panels were prepared and tested under truck and three-point loads to quantify the performance of sensors with pulse pre-pump Brillouin optical time domain analysis (PPP-BOTDA). The sensors were protected by precast mortar from brutal action during concrete casting. Once air-cured for 2 hours after initial setting, half a mortar cylinder of 12 mm in diameter ensured that the protected sensors remained functional during and after concrete casting. The strains measured from PPP-BOTDA with a sensitivity coefficient of $5.43{\times}10^{-5}GHz/{\mu}{\varepsilon}$ were validated locally by commercial fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. Unlike the point FBG sensors, the distributed PPP-BOTDA sensors can be utilized to effectively locate multiple cracks. Depending on their layout, the distributed sensors can provide one- or two-dimensional strain fields in pavement panels. The width of both micro and major cracks can be linearly related to the peak strain directly measured with the distributed fiber optic sensor.

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Supported by : Department of Transportation

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