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Serviceability Assessment of a K-AGT Test Bed Bridge Using FBG Sensors  

Kang, Dong-Hoon (Korea Railroad Research Institute)
Chung, Won-Seok (Korea Railroad Research Institute)
Kim, Hyun-Min (Korea Railroad Research Institute)
Yeo, In-Ho (Korea Railroad Research Institute)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing / v.27, no.4, 2007 , pp. 305-312 More about this Journal
Abstract
Among many types of light rail transits (LRT), the rubber-tired automated guide-way transit (AGT) is prevalent in many countries due to its advantages such as good acceleration/deceleration performance, high climb capacity, and reduction of noise and vibration. However, AGT is generally powered by high-voltage electric power feeding system and it may cause electromagnetic interference (EMI) to measurement sensors. The fiber optic sensor system is free from EMI and has been successfully applied in many applications of civil engineering. Especially, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors are the most widely used because of their excellent multiplexing capabilities. This paper investigates a prestressed concrete girder bridge in the Korean AGT test track using FBG based sensors to monitor the dynamic response at various vehicle speeds. The serviceability requirements provided in the specification are also compared against the measured results. The results show that the measured data from FBG based sensors are free from EMI though electric sensors are not, especially in the case of electric strain gauge. It is expected that the FBG sensing system can be effectively applied to the LRT railway bridges that suffered from EMI.
Keywords
FBG; Railway Bridge; Light Weight Transit(LRT); EMI; Serviceability;
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