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Strain Measurement Using Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Inside an Anchored Carbon Fiber Polymer Reinforcement Prestressing Rod for Structural Monitoring (2009)
Journal Article
Kerrouche, A., Boyle, W., Sun, T., Grattan, K., Schmidt, J., & Taljsten, B. (2009). Strain Measurement Using Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Inside an Anchored Carbon Fiber Polymer Reinforcement Prestressing Rod for Structural Monitoring. IEEE Sensors Journal, 9(11), 1456-1461. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2009.2018355

Results are reported from a study carried out using a series of Bragg grating-based optical fiber sensors written into a very short length (60 mm) optical fiber network and integrated into carbon fiber polymer reinforcement (CFPR) rod. Such rods are... Read More about Strain Measurement Using Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Inside an Anchored Carbon Fiber Polymer Reinforcement Prestressing Rod for Structural Monitoring.

Design and evaluation of optical fibre sensors in civil engineering applications for Structural Health Monitoring (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grattan, K. T. V., Kerrouche, A., Sun, T., Grattan, S., Taylor, S. E., & Basheer, P. A. M. (2009, July). Design and evaluation of optical fibre sensors in civil engineering applications for Structural Health Monitoring. Presented at 14th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), Hong Kong, China

A number of studies on the use of optical fibre sensor techniques for structural monitoring are discussed and results obtained, both in the laboratory and in the field, are reported.

Enhanced FBG sensor-based system performance assessment for monitoring strain along a prestressed CFRP rod in structural monitoring (2009)
Journal Article
Kerrouche, A., Boyle, W., Sun, T., Grattan, K., Schmidt, J., & Täljsten, B. (2009). Enhanced FBG sensor-based system performance assessment for monitoring strain along a prestressed CFRP rod in structural monitoring. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 151(2), 127-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2009.02.030

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor-based systems have been widely used for many engineering applications including most recently a number of applications in structural health monitoring. It is well known that strain and temperature both affect the FBG... Read More about Enhanced FBG sensor-based system performance assessment for monitoring strain along a prestressed CFRP rod in structural monitoring.

Design and in-the-field performance evaluation of compact FBG sensor system for structural health monitoring applications (2009)
Journal Article
Kerrouche, A., Boyle, W., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. (2009). Design and in-the-field performance evaluation of compact FBG sensor system for structural health monitoring applications. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 151(2), 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2009.01.021

Over the last few years optical fibre sensor systems have been developed and their use reported for the monitoring of large civil engineering structures. In this way they have shown themselves to be well suited to the measurement of strain and temper... Read More about Design and in-the-field performance evaluation of compact FBG sensor system for structural health monitoring applications.

Computing the State of Specknets: an immune-inspired approach. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davoudani, D., Hart, E., & Paechter, B. (2008, June). Computing the State of Specknets: an immune-inspired approach. Presented at International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 2008. SPECTS 2008

Speckled Computing is an emerging technology based on the
deployment of thousands of minute semiconductor grains in
dense, wireless networks known as Specknets. Specknets collect
and process data to achieve some application dependent
functionalit... Read More about Computing the State of Specknets: an immune-inspired approach..