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Long-term monitoring of ground anchor tensile forces by FBG sensors embedded tendon

  • Sung, Hyun-Jong (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Do, Tan Manh (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Min (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Sang (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chonnam National University)
  • Received : 2015.07.10
  • Accepted : 2016.07.25
  • Published : 2017.03.25
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Abstract

Recently, there has been significant interest in structural health monitoring for civil engineering applications. In this research, a specially designed tendon, proposed by embedding FBG sensors into the center king cable of a 7-wire strand tendon, was applied for long-term health monitoring of tensile forces on a ground anchor. To make temperature independent sensors, the effective temperature compensation of FBG sensors must be considered. The temperature sensitivity coefficient ${\beta}^{\prime}$ of the FBG sensors embedded tendon was successfully determined to be $2.0{\times}10^{-5}^{\circ}C^{-1}$ through calibrated tests in both a model rock body and a laboratory heat chamber. Furthermore, the obtained result for ${\beta}^{\prime}$ was formally verified through the ground temperature measurement test, expectedly. As a result, the ground temperature measured by a thermometer showed good agreement compared to that measured by the proposed FBG sensor, which was calibrated considering to the temperature sensitivity coefficient ${\beta}^{\prime}$. Finally, four prototype ground anchors including two tension ground anchors and two compression ground anchors made by replacing a tendon with the proposed smart tendon were installed into an actual slope at the Yeosu site. Tensile forces, after temperature compensation was taken into account using the verified temperature sensitivity coefficient ${\beta}^{\prime}$ and ground temperature obtained from the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA) have been monitored for over one year, and the results were very consistent to those measured from the load cell, interestingly.

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Supported by : Chonnam National University

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