Optical Fiber Sensing and Complementary Technologies for Structural Safety Monitoring of Key Infrastructure
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 96
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fiber Bragg grating sensor; distributed strain/temperature/vibration optical fiber sensors; piezoelectric sensor; structural health monitoring; strain measurement; damage analysis; structural model test; FRP intelligent structure; optical fiber sensor network
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Interests: fiber Bragg grating sensor; structure health monitoring; mine safety early warning technology; dam deformation monitoring
Interests: structural health monitoring and data mining; distributed fiber optic sensing; infrastructure operation and maintenance; urban renewal and solid waste utilization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the latest advances, applications and innovative technologies of optical fiber sensing-based structural safety monitoring, emphasizing key infrastructure like subgrades, slopes, wind power structure, hydraulic structure and other structures. These structures are prone to degradation or failure due to environmental erosion, dynamic loads and material aging, making real-time, high-precision monitoring essential. It covers core optical fiber sensing (FBG, DVS/DAS, DSS) and complementary methods (WSN, GNSS, piezoelectric sensors, etc.).
The main topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
- Optical Fiber Sensing Technology;
- Structural Safety Monitoring;
- Subgrade Monitoring;
- Wind Farm Monitoring;
- Slope Monitoring;
- Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG);
- Distributed Vibration Sensing (DVS);
- Distributed Strain Sensing (DSS);
- Piezoelectric sensors;
- InSAR
We welcome original papers, reviews and case studies on related topics. It aims to provide an academic platform, promote industrial application, address challenges and point out future directions.
Dr. Jianping He
Dr. Yibo Ouyang
Dr. Peng Ren
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fiber sensing technology
- structural safety monitoring
- DVS/DAS
- SHM
- AI-integrated damage diagnosis
- fiber Bragg grating (FBG)
- distributed strain sensing (DSS)
- InSAR
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