Sheet-like strain sensor for confirming progress of damage of concrete structure and method for confirming progress of damage of concrete structure

• US 20020020224A1
• Filed: 04/30/2001
• Published: 02/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sho-bond Corporation (SHO-BOND Holdings Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sho-bond Corporation (SHO-BOND Holdings Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hino, Katsumi, Yoshinaga, Tatsuro, Eguchi, Kazuo, Sato, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US09/843,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20020020224A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/803
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 11/18 using photoelastic elements
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 11/085 the optical fiber being on or near the surface of the DUT
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 5/0008 of bridges
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 5/0033 by determining damage, crack or wear
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 5/0091 by using electromagnetic excitation or detection
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 17/00 Investigating resistance of materials to the weather, to corrosion, or to light
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 3/066 with electrical indicating or recording means
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/38 Concrete; Lime; Mortar; Gypsum; Bricks; Ceramics; Glass

Abstract

There is a difficulty in workability of installing an optical fiber cable on a concrete structure, and when the optical fiber cable is installed on the surface of the concrete structure, the appearance of the concrete structure is spoilt by cutting the surface of the concrete structure or the like. Accordingly, there are provided a sheet-like strain sensor for confirming progress of damage of a concrete structure, in which one or a plurality of optical fiber cables are fixedly held between sheet-like bodies which are easy for the adhesive to permeate while one end/ends of the optical fiber cable/cables are pulled out; and a method for confirming progress of damage of a concrete structure by measuring strain by use of the one end of the optical fiber cable pulled out between the sheet-like bodies.

Claims

1. A sheet-like strain sensor for confirming progress of damage of a concrete structure, wherein one or a plurality of optical fiber cables are fixedly held between sheet-like bodies while one end/ends of said optical fiber cable/cables are pulled out.

4. A sheet-like strain sensor for confirming progress of damage of a concrete structure according to any one of claims 1 through 3, wherein said sheet-like bodies are made of non woven fabric permeable to adhesive and fusible by heat treatment so that said optical fiber cable/cables are fixed by fusion of said non-woven fabric.

5. A sheet-like strain sensor for confirming progress of damage of a concrete structure according to any one of claims 1 through 4, wherein a circumference of said sheet-like strain sensor is held by a removable frame which can keep said sheet-like strain sensor in a plane.

6. A method for confirming progress of damage of a concrete structure, wherein a sheet-like strain sensor for confirming progress of damage of a concrete structure according to any one of claims 1 through 5 is bonded to a surface of said concrete structure, and one end/ends of an optical fiber cable/cables pulled out between sheet-like bodies are connected to a strain meter to thereby measure strain so that said progress of damage of said concrete structure is confirmed.

7. A method for confirming progress of damage of a concrete structure according to claim 6, wherein said optical fiber cable/cables are connected with said strain meter by attaching a connector/connectors to said one end/ends of said optical fiber cable pulled out between said sheet-like bodies, and connecting said connector/connectors and said strain meter through a lead wire.

2. A sheet-like strain sensor for confirming progress of damage of a concrete structure, wherein an optical fiber cable formed into a mesh shape or a folded shape is fixedly held between sheet-like bodies while one end of said optical fiber cable is pulled out.

3. A sheet-like strain sensor for confirming progress of damage of a concrete structure, wherein a plurality of optical fiber cables are fixedly held side by side between sheet-like bodies while one ends of said optical fiber cables are pulled out respectively.