Enhanced Brillouin Distributed Strain and Temperature Sensing for Structural Health Monitoring in Industrial Applications
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The quest for energy is pushing fibre based monitoring into new frontiers. Similarly, structural health monitoring is also demanding advanced monitoring solutions. The combination of Brillouin optical time domain analyzers with specifically designed sensing cables and proper analysis tools is shown to be a perfect match for these challenging applications.
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