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Polymer Fiber Sensors for Structural and Civil Engineering Applications

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This chapter gives an overview about polymer optical fiber (POF) sensors with the focus on structural and civil engineering applications. POF properties such as the high-strain range, the low Young’s modulus, and specific scattering effects open new fields for fiber-optic sensing applications. POF properties, sensitivities, and cross-sensitivities that are relevant for sensing are introduced. Advantages and limitations are discussed. State-of-the-art POF sensors and application examples are presented in subsections with regard to their underlying measurement principles.

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  1. Division 8.6 “Fibre Optic Sensors”, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany

    Sascha Liehr

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    Ginu Rajan

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Liehr, S. (2018). Polymer Fiber Sensors for Structural and Civil Engineering Applications. In: Peng, GD. (eds) Handbook of Optical Fibers. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1477-2_3-1

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