A Monitoring Method Based on FBG for Concrete Corrosion Cracking

作者：Mao, Jianghong; Xu, Fangyuan^*; Gao, Qian; Liu, Shenglin; Jin, Weiliang; Xu, Yidong

来源：Sensors (Switzerland), 2016, 16(7): 1093.

DOI：10.3390/s16071093

• Fiber Bragg Grating
• reinforced concrete
• structural health monitoring
• reinforcement corrosion
• corrosion cracking

Corrosion cracking of reinforced concrete caused by chloride salt is one of the main determinants of structure durability. Monitoring the entire process of concrete corrosion cracking is critical for assessing the remaining life of the structure and determining if maintenance is needed. Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensing technology is extensively developed in photoelectric monitoring technology and has been used on many projects. FBG can detect the quasi-distribution of strain and temperature under corrosive environments, and thus it is suitable for monitoring reinforced concrete cracking. According to the mechanical principle that corrosion expansion is responsible for the reinforced concrete cracking, a package design of reinforced concrete cracking sensors based on FBG was proposed and investigated in this study. The corresponding relationship between the grating wavelength and strain was calibrated by an equal strength beam test. The effectiveness of the proposed method was verified by an electrically accelerated corrosion experiment. The fiber grating sensing technology was able to track the corrosion expansion and corrosion cracking in real time and provided data to inform decision-making for the maintenance and management of the engineering structure.

• 出版日期2016-7
• 单位浙江大学; 浙江大学宁波理工学院; 重庆交通大学