Civil

Structural Health Monitoring
for Civil Structures

FiberSensing Structural Health Monitoring systems and products based on Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) technology are designed to accurately determine structural parameters of a civil structure, such as bridges, dams, tunnels, historical buildings…, during its construction, design validation and life time operation.

This technology is nowadays well established in the Civil Engineering market, in which FBG monitoring solutions have proven particularly cost-effective when applied to large scale structures, allowing the deployment of hundreds of sensors for long term measurement of different physical parameters.

10^k Sensors Sold

Brooklyn Bridge in NY is among the iconic structures instrumented using FiberSensing sensors

10 Years of
Field Experience
56 Instrumented Bridges
110 Monitored Sections
on Tunnels
25 Countries

Portugal
Spain
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
France
United Kingdom
Denmark
Austria
Poland
Finland
Belgium
Greece
Slovakia
Russia
Brazil
Mexico
Colombia
EUA
Taiwan
China
South Korea
Algeria
Australia
Hungary

Countries where FiberSensing is present.

Products
for SHM

FiberSensing sensors & measurement units based on the FBG technology are available to be combined as dynamic and static systems.

Applications

Design
Validation
Condition
Assessment
Alarm
Generation
Construction
Support
Load
Assessment

Parameters

Strain
Distribution
Deflections,
Rotations and
Displacements
Vibration
Frequencies
Temperature
Mapping
Convergences

Making health monitoring of large structures easier throughout the most important life stages

Construction, allowing real time adjustments of different structure parameters
Load tests in order to perform model validation and ensure structure reliability for operation
Service life allowing for constant surveillance and preventive maintenance.

Advantages

Measurement of different parameters in a single chain

Reduced network cabling

Large number of sensors per measurement unit

Cost competitive solution

Multiplexing & Multipurpose
Long term, self-referenced measurements

Self calibrated measurements units

Reliability
Long distance between sensors and measuring equipment, as well as between the sensors, without compromising measurements

Low Losses
24/7 operation

Operation under harsh environments

Simple installation

Robust Design
All fiber optic sensors

Immune to EMI/RFI

Passive
Technology