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Authors: Qixiang Tang (University of Massachusetts Lowell) , Sanjana Vinayaka (University of Massachusetts Lowell) , Jianing Wang (University of Massachusetts Lowell) , Harsh Gandhi (University of Massachusetts Lowell) , Tzuyang Yu (University of Massachusetts Lowell) , Jingcheng Zhou (University of Massachusetts Lowell) , Xu Guo (University of Massachusetts Lowell) , Xingwei Wang (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
Instrumenting deteriorated critical civil infrastructure such as underground pipes with distributed sensors provides continuous health-related information for early-warning of disasters and effective rehabilitation and repair. While the use of fiber optic sensors (FOS) for structural health monitoring (SHM) of underground pipes has been reported in many applications for decades, most of the applications are semi-distributed (e.g., using fiber Bragg grating) in the past. This study presents an application of a novel sensing textile for detecting ground motion induced pipe deformation (e.g., bending and rotation). Four-point bending tests were performed on a HDPE pipe before and after rotation. The feasibility of proposed sensing textile for detecting bending and rotation of the HDPE pipe was demonstrated.
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How to Cite: Tang, Q. , Vinayaka, S. , Wang, J. , Gandhi, H. , Yu, T. , Zhou, J. , Guo, X. & Wang, X. (2019) “Detection of ground motion induced pipe deformation using a sensing textile”, Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation.(0).