Crack detection using a passive wireless strain sensor

Nearly one third of the 604,426 bridges in the United-States are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Monitoring these bridges is essential to avoid catastrophic accidents. In steel bridges fatigue induced crack/rupture, which is one of the most common modes of failure, can be avo...

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Main Author: Lantz, Gabriel Antoine
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45773