Impedance-Based Cable Force Monitoring in Tendon-Anchorage Using Portable PZT-Interface Technique

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="784731.fig.004a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2014/784731/figures/784731.fig.004a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Force equilibrium state</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="784731.fig.004b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2014/784731/figures/784731.fig.004b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Analytical model of cable-anchorage connection</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="784731.fig.004c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2014/784731/figures/784731.fig.004c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>1 dof model of bearing plate equipped with a PZT patch</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Schematic of cable force monitoring by bearing plate’s impedance.</table>

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Figure 4: Impedance-Based Cable Force Monitoring in Tendon-Anchorage Using Portable PZT-Interface Technique 