Project title: ME01
Project Description: Fibre optic instrumentation and dynamic monitoring of bridges for Norton Bridge, Stafford Area Improvements Programme, Staffordshire Alliance

Publication title: Integrated fibre-optic sensor networks as tools for monitoring strain development in bridges during construction
Authors: Liam J Butler, Niamh Gibbons, Campbell Middleton, Mohammed Elshafie
Author affiliations: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington St., Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom

General description of data: 

Strain data collected during the casting and curing of a concrete deck on a single span half-through composite rail-over-rail bridge near Stafford UK.
The data was collected for the ME01 project being carried out in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. 
The ME01 project is a fibre optic instrumentation and dynamic monitoring programme at Norton Bridge, UK, part of the Stafford Area Improvements Programme 
(Staffordshire Alliance). The strain data was collected using fibre optic monitoring technologies based on fibre Bragg gratings.

Date collected: 2015/07/03 to 2015/07/13
Location: Stafford Area Improvements Programme, Norton Bridge, Staffordshire

Instrumented element name: East Main Girder - Intersection Bridge 5
Instrumented element type: 26.8 m steel I-girder
Bridge name: Intersection Bridge 5
Bridge type: Single span half-through composite rail-over-rail bridge


File: Figure05_MechStrainData.csv
Description: Top and bottom mechanical strain change for the west main girder
Units: strain and metres

Column#1: Time (dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss)
Column #2: Top mechanical strain for sensor #11
Column #3: Bottom mechanical strain for sensor #11


Files: Figure07_TopStrainData.csv; Figure07_BotStrainData.csv
Description: Evolution of strain profile during deck casting for the East Main Girder (10 time stages)
Units: microstrain and metres

Row #1: Distance along girder (location of sensors) in metres
Rows 2-11: Strain change data at each sensor location (20 total) at the various time stages


Files: Figure08_TopStrainData.csv; Figure08_BotStrainData.csv; 
Description: Evolution of strain profile during deck casting for the West Main Girder (10 time stages)
Units: microstrain and metres

Row #1: Distance along girder (location of sensors) in metres
Rows 2-11: Strain change data at each sensor location (20 total) at the various time stages


Files: Figure09_TopStrainData.csv; Figure09_BotStrainData.csv
Description: Evolution of strain profile during deck curing for the East Main Girder (11 time stages)
Units: microstrain and metres

Row #1: Distance along girder (location of sensors) in metres
Rows 2-12: Strain change data at each sensor location (19 total) at the various time stages


Files: Figure10_TopStrainData.csv; Figure10_BotStrainData.csv
Description: Evolution of strain profile during deck curing for the East Main Girder (11 time stages)
Units: microstrain and metres

Row #1: Distance along girder (location of sensors) in metres
Rows 2-12: Strain change data at each sensor location (19 total) at the various time stages