Fibre-optic nerves for structural health monitoring

Uninterrupted monitoring for stress and fatigue is essential to prevent failure of large structures. The fibrisTerre system uses the same standard optical fibers used in everyday telecommunications – connected to the readout unit, the fibers become highly sensitive nerves within soil and concrete.

Oil and Gas Pipelines

Leakage and geohazard detection - long-range, continuous and 24/7

Geotechnical Engineering

Get the whole picture - dams, dikes, tunnels, landfills, embankments, slopes ...

Mining

Surface and underground facilities - efficiency, work safety and environmental responsibility

Civil Construction

Health monitoring from inside the structure - concrete, steel and earth

Power and Energy

Load optimization and condition monitoring - onshore and offshore

Research and Development

Science, engineering and quality management - a powerful tool for challenging tasks
 

Oil and Gas Pipelines

  • Anticipate failure – monitor pipeline deformation
  • Detect geohazards along pipelines and linear assets
  • Prevent downtimes – detect leakages early
  • Optimize production efficiency in exploration extraction boreholes Mining
 

Geotechnical Engineering

  • Detect settlements along railway lines, roads and embankments
  • Manage safety of critical traffic links
  • Tunnel construction and operation – detect subsidence, cracks and convergences
 

Mining

  • Optimize production efficiency
  • Monitor conveyor belts and linear asset conditions
  • Ensure tailings dams safety
  • Manage safety for shafting and tunneling
 

Civil Construction

  • Monitor bridges, dams, high-rise buildings
  • Measure deformations in concrete soles and diaphragm walls
  • Foundation piles: Bring load assessment to a new efficiency level
  • Detect cracks and fatigue along beams, containments, cooling towers
 

Power and Energy

  • Optimize transmission: Long-range power cable monitoring
  • Detect hot-spots along onshore and offshore cable installations
  • Measure washout, scouring, settlements along subsea cables
  • Monitor structural health of hydropower dams
 

Research and Development

  • Feel what’s happening inside the fiber – state-of-the art Brillouin sensing
  • Get the whole picture – to boost innovation in construction, electronics and photonics
  • Walk new paths in cable design with online strain measurements