TY - CONF A1 - Stajanca, Pavol T1 - Fiberoptic sensors for composite/plastic components monitoring N2 - An overview of Division 8.6 activities on using optical fiber sensors for composite monitoring is given. T2 - Workshop an der TU Chemnitz CY - Chemnitz, Germany DA - 06.05.2019 KW - Fiberoptic sensors KW - Composites KW - Sensor intergration KW - Polymer optical fibers PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47969 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Niches of fiberoptic sensing: from large-strain applications to acoustic emission monitoring N2 - Fibreoptic sensors (FOS) represent sensing technology with small footprint, low invasiveness, electromagnetic passivity and immunity, plus potential for remote and real-time monitoring. Modern FOS techniques allow truly temporally- and spatially-continuous monitoring over extended distances; a feature not attainable with any other sensing technology. Moreover, depending on their particular material composition and design, optical fibres can be made resistant to high temperatures, chemicals and ionizing radiation. Due to this unique combination of advantageous properties, ever since their emergence, FOS have been attracting considerable attention for monitoring tasks in harsh, hazardous and difficult-to-access locations. The potential of FOS has been recognized also in the field of radioactive waste management and fibreoptic sensors belong to the most promising technologies for nuclear waste repositories (NWR) monitoring. Vast majority of distributed fibreoptic sensor applications rely on use of silica-based optical fibres as sensing elements. At the same time, distributed measurement of local temperature and strain along the fibre are the most common monitoring tasks addressed by fibreoptic sensors. Nevertheless, FOS offer much larger flexibility both in terms of utilized sensing fibre as well as targeted measurand. In this contribution, we will review some of more alternative implementations of FOS that are being explored at “Fibre Optic Sensors” division of Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM), in Berlin. The main focus will be twofold. On one side, we will address FOS applications with polymer optical fibres (POF), that may enable monitoring of large strains (>100%) and high-sensitivity radiation detection. On the other side, we will present our activities in the area of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS); one of the most recent developments in the fibreoptic sensing field enabling highly-dynamic vibration sensing with nanostrain sensitivity. We will introduce the principles of the addressed FOS technologies, present application examples from our case studies, discuss advantages and limitations of the techniques and highlight their potential for NWR monitoring. T2 - Modern 2020 Final Conference CY - Paris, France DA - 09.04.2019 KW - Fiberoptic sensors KW - Nuclear waste disposal KW - Polymer optical fibers KW - Distributed acoustic sensing KW - Distributed radiation monitoring PY - 2019 UR - http://www.modern2020.eu/final-conference/programme.html AN - OPUS4-47789 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -