Abstract:
A reinforcement element, comprises at least one sensor fiber adapted for strain measurements based on stimulated Brillouin scattering within said sensor fiber. Furthermore, a system for monitoring strain within a structure comprises a reinforcement element comprising at least one sensor fiber adapted for strain measurements based on stimulated Brillouin scattering within said sensor fiber, a pump laser for coupling in laser radiation of a pump frequency into said at least one sensor fiber, a Stokes laser for coupling in laser radiation of a Stokes laser radiation into said at least one sensor fiber, wherein the pump frequency and the Stokes frequency are different from one another and wherein the frequency difference between the pump and Stokes frequencies is within the range of acoustical phonons within said sensor fiber, a sensor adapted to obtain a stimulated Brillouin backscattering signal, and a network analyzer adapted for determining the complex transfer function of the sensor fiber to determine a spatially resolved strain measurement.
Abstract:
Use of a geo-textile system made from a textile structure and integrated sensor fibers for improving and monitoring a dam is new. Preferred Features: The textile structure has fleece layers (6, 6~) with embedded sensor fibers (3) and traction elements (8). The fleece layers are joined using a compacting process. The sensor fibers are glass fibers with special arrangements of the optical core regions or refractive index profiles.