Fully Distributed Fiber Strain and Temperature Sensing for Harsh Environments

Speaker |  Mark Froggatt  | Chief Technology Officer | Luna Technologies
8 Jun, 2010 | 10:20 am - 11:00 am

• Discover an emerging technique for fully distributed fiber sensing of strain and temperature based on Rayleigh scatter.
• How to simultaneously achieve up to 1000 strain (or temperature) sensing points per meter along the length of an optical fiber over hundreds of meters and a strain range in excess of +/-20,000 micro-strain,
• How this can be achieved using standard, non-specialized and inexpensive telecommunications grade single-mode optical fiber.
• Applications presented include continuous monitoring of strain along wind turbine blades, in gas turbine generators and on aerospace structures as well as high temperature, harsh environments such as nuclear fission simulators.