Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors (DOFS) are a key tool for monitoring health of large structures. An optoelectronic device, paired with an optical fiber in a cable, provides strain profiles over several kilometers with few micro-strains accuracy. However, due to shear deformation of the cable’s protective coating, strain measurements provided by DOFS may differ from actual strains in the embed...

Joint lockup due to dowel misalignment significantly affects joint and concrete pavement performance by causing distresses. The current paper presents an experimental study assess the effectiveness of standard pull-out test in evaluation effect on Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement (JPCP). tests were conducted at two different ages ; 3 28 days. results showed that or individually pulling misaligne...

In this work, the apparent shear strength at the interface between a bamboo fiber and the 26 surrounding poly(lactic acid) (PLA) matrix is quantified. A method for processing pull-out test 27 samples within a controlled embedded length is proposed and the details of the test procedure are 28 presented, along with a critical discussion of the results. Two series of samples are considered: 29 unt...

In this paper, the potential of superelastic shape memory alloy (SE-SMA) wire embedded architectures to increase quasi-static indentation properties a laminated glass/epoxy composite material was evaluated. Three types SE-SMA configurations namely straight independent, meshed and anchored wires were in laminates via vacuum bag resin infusion technique. Throughout investigation, changes behavior...