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BOOK REVIEW Fiber Optic Sensors For Infrastructure Health Monitoring

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BOOK REVIEW
Fiber Optic Sensors For Infrastructure Health
Monitoring.
Zhishen Wu, Jian Zhang, and Mohammad
Noori. Volume I:I ntroduction and
Fundamental Concepts. Print
ISBN: 9781945612244. E-book ISBN:
9781945612251. 172 Pages.
Volume II: Methodology and Case Studies.
Print ISBN: 9781945612220, E-book
ISBN: 9781945612237. 146 Pages.
Published by Momentum Press.

Structural health monitoring (SHM) can be characterized
as the integration of sensing and intelligence to enable
the potential damage to be monitored, analyzed,
localized, and predicted in real time and in a
nondestructive manner. Over the past two decades,
extensive research has demonstrated that fiber-optic
sensors (FOSs) are well suited for SHM sensing
requirements in infrastructure systems. In this book, a
brief overview of SHM and the application of FOS are
presented. The book focuses on advanced techniques
• Chapter 2 is devoted to introducing the fiber optic sensing
technologies. Fundamental and technical concepts behind
that utilize fiber-optic long-gauge sensing and overcome
fiber optic sensors are introduced and discussed. An
the limitations of traditional sensing and fulfill the
extensive overview of key concepts and techniques behind
requirements of infrastructure systems. The long-gauge
fiber optic sensing is presented and major characteristics of
FOSs have the merit of revealing both micro- and
fiber optic sensing techniques, such as long gauge sensing,
macro-level information. Subsequently, a new approach,
are discussed. Various sensing modes in fiber optic
area-wise distributed monitoring, is thoroughly
sensing are also discussed this chapter.
discussed and its superior performance in SHM is
demonstrated. Finally, the application of area-wise • Chapter 3 mainly discuses the area distributed
distributed monitoring, combined with the sensing/monitoring and the utilization of fiber optic sensors
aforementioned long-gauge sensing technique, is for monitoring. The need for area distributed monitoring in
presented for groups and networks of complex civil engineering structures, global sensing and is
infrastructure systems. elaborated and the fundamental concepts and proposed
strategy for area-wise sensing, a novel approach
In Volume 1 of this book a long-gauge sensing developed by the authors is discussed. Application of this
technique for incorporating a proposed area-wise technique for area-wise distributed monitoring of urban
sensing, developed by the authors, is introduced. High infrastructure groups is also presented.
precision and good durability of the long-gauge sensors • Chapter 4 is mainly devoted to the Design of the fiber-optic-
are also demonstrated via technical improvements that sensors based structural health monitoring systems. An
further enable the applications of optical fiber sensors overview and SHM system and SHM system structure is
and carbon fiber sensors. This volume consists of 4 thoroughly presented and the functions of the various sub-
chapters with the following contents: systems associated with the proposed sensing strategy,
discussed in Chapter 3, is illustrated. Classification of SHM
• Chapter 1 covers an extensive historical overview of systems, design of the SHM system for a single structure,
the field of structural health monitoring and provides a design and implementation of sensing subsystem including
perspective of the fundamental areas of research and data management and structural analysis sub-systems,
challenges. Key topics that are thoroughly discussed in sensor configuration modules and construction of the SHM
this chapter include: Motivation for structural system for structure groups, are some of the important and
maintenance and management; Fundamentals of practical topics covered in this chapter.
infrastructure asset management; Structural inspection
and what it entails; Deterioration of infrastructure, the In Volume 2, based on the merits of the long-gauge sensors,
emergence and the need for structural health the methods that have been developed for processing area-
monitoring; Categories of structures and SHM systems; wise distributed monitoring data for structural identification are
and Why fiber-optic sensing technology for civil introduced. A discussion follows on how those methods are
infrastructure. capable of performing a rich recognition of local and global
structural parameters including structural deflections, dynamic
characteristics, damages, and loads. Also presented is a
three-level method of structural performance evaluation
that utilizes monitoring data and identified results. This
volume consists of 3 extensive Chapters with the
following contents.

• Chapter 1 provides a thorough overview of Structural
Identification and damage detection based on macro-
strain measurements. Framework of structural
identification using area-wise distributed sensing data
is discussed. Rotation and deflection identification
and all corresponding and associated techniques -the
building blocks of the area-wise sensing-, are
subsequently introduced and discussed. Other topics
and concepts introduced in this chapter include strain
modal analysis theory, neutral axis height
identification, practical approaches for structural
damage detection and load identification, finite
element model updating methods, are among the
important and relevant topics that are presented and
elaborated in this chapter.
• Chapter 2 is devoted to discussing area distributed
monitoring-based structural performance evaluation.
SHM-based performance is discussed in this chapter
and the corresponding safety evaluation methods for
bridges and large structures are discussed.
Application of the methodology and the theoretical
background of area distributed sensing in SHM are
also introduced and discussed in this chapter and a
three-level performance-based evaluation
incorporating area distributed monitoring is presented.
This chapter discusses numerous topics that are
important in field application of the proposed SHM
strategy with practical applications.
• Chapter 3 is dedicated to concluding remarks and
suggestions for future work. This chapter is an in-
depth summary of the two volumes. Authors provide
an in-depth assessment of the state of the art in SHM
technologies, especially as related to fiber optic
sensors and the challenges facing the future of
structural health monitoring if infrastructure and
groups of civil engineering systems.

This two volume book is a good resource for

understanding the critical topics, challenges and
emerging trends in SHM. The focus on the application of
fiber optic sensing and introducing the novel approach of
area-wise sensing makes this collection a valuable
source directly related to practical applications. These
two volumes can be adopted both as a reference, as well
as text books, for an advanced course in structural health
monitoring.

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