Optical Fiber Sensor Technology - Volume 3
Subtitle: Applications and Systems (Optoelectronics, Imaging and Sensing)
Contributors: L.S. Grattan (Editor); B.T. Meggitt (Editor)
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 15, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780412825705
First sentence: The overall deterioration of the national civil infrastructure due to aging and usage beyond the anticipated loads and lifetimes for which it was designed, combined with the increasing cost of maintenance and repair, has resulted in the need for improved techniques for non-destructive evaluation of the structural health of reinforced concrete.