Laboratory Testing: Fatigue of concrete slabs

Case study: SOFO System

Fatigue testing of concrete
Sensor survival after 17 Million cycles

Summary: Monitoring of fatigue-induced deformations on a concrete deck model subject to cyclic loading

Clients: MCS-EPFL

Place: EPFL (Switzerland)

Period: 1997 - N/A

Installation: IMAC-EPFL

Structure's short description: Concrete slab with embedded sensors

Aim of monitoring: Assess the fatigue resistance of SOFO sensors

Number of sensor: 4

Main Results: No fatigue-induced damage was found after 17 million cycles.

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Statistical analysis of under-sampled dynamic displacement measurement , D. Inaudi, J. P. Conte, N. Perregaux, S. Vurpillot , SPIE, Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, USA, Vol 3325, p 105-110, 1998