Monitoring of harbor piers with fiber optic displacement sensors

Daniele Inaudi; Giorgio Brunetti; Andrea E. del Grosso; Mario Fedolino

doi:10.1117/12.387808

9 June 2000 Monitoring of harbor piers with fiber optic displacement sensors

Daniele Inaudi, Giorgio Brunetti, Andrea E. del Grosso, Mario Fedolino

Proceedings Volume 3995, Nondestructive Evaluation of Highways, Utilities, and Pipelines IV; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.387808
Event: SPIE's 5th Annual International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring of Aging Infrastructure, 2000, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

SOFO ius a structural monitoring system using fiber optic deformation sensors. It is able to measure deformations between two points in a structure, which can be from 20 cm up to 10 meters (or more) apart with a resolution of two microns (2/1000 mm) even over years of measurements. The system is composed of optical deformation sensors adapted to direct concrete embedding or surface mounting, the cable network, the reading unit and the data acquisition and analysis software. The system is particularly adapted to precise short and long- term deformation monitoring of large structures. An array of more than 60 sensors have been installed on the pier of San Giorgio Levante in the Genoa harbor. These sensors allow the measurement of the pier displacements during the dredging works, ship docking and in the long term. The sensors measure the curvature changes in the horizontal and vertical planes and allow a localization of settlements with a spatial resolution of 10 m over a total length of 400 m. The sensors can be measured automatically and remotely. This paper presents the sensor installation and the results from the first monitoring period.

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Daniele Inaudi, Giorgio Brunetti, Andrea E. del Grosso, and Mario Fedolino "Monitoring of harbor piers with fiber optic displacement sensors", Proc. SPIE 3995, Nondestructive Evaluation of Highways, Utilities, and Pipelines IV, (9 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.387808

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