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Fibre-optic sensors are more and more used in geotechnical and civil engineering. There are a big number of applications with the purpose of improvement or proof of the structural integrity. This paper, presents two examples where different fibre sensor types.are exploited for safety-relevant task in geotechnique. Technical textiles with embedded distributed fibre-optic sensors based on Brillouin Scattering in silica optical fibres and OTDR (optical time-domain reflectometry) in polymer optical fibres are presented. Such “smart” technical textiles can be used for reinforcement of geotechnical structures and masonry walls, and the embedded fibre-optic sensors can provide information about the condition of the structures as well as detect the presence of any damage and destructions in real time. Highly sensitive fibre-optic geophones based on Fabry-Perot sensors embedded in large concrete pile can be used for precise measurement of Deformation and wave distribution during static and dynamic pile test. Such sensors make the evaluation of the pile’s integrity and load-bearing capacity easier.
Different types of fiber-optic sensors based on glass or polymeric fibers are used to evaluate material behavior or to monitor the integrity and long-term stability of load-bearing structure components. Fiber-optic sensors have been established as a new and innovative measurement technology in very different fields, such as material science, civil engineering, light-weight structures, geotechnical areas as well as chemical and high-voltage substations. Very often, mechanical quantities such as deformation, strain or vibration are requested. However, measurement of chemical quantities in materials and structure components, such as pH value in steel reinforced concrete members also provides information about the integrity of concrete structures. A special fiber-optic chemical sensor for monitoring the alkaline state (pH value) of the cementitious matrix in steel-reinforced concrete structures with the purpose of early detection of corrosion-initiating factors is described. The paper presents the use of several fiber-optic sensor technologies in engineering. One example concerns the use of highly resolving concrete-embeddable fiber Fabry-Perot acoustic emission (AE) sensors for the assessment of the bearing behaviour of large concrete piles in existing foundations or during and after its installation. Another example concerns fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors attached to anchor steels (micro piles) to measure the strain distribution in loaded soil anchors. Polymer optical fibers (POF) can be — because of their high elasticity and high ultimate strain – well integrated into textiles to monitor their Deformation behaviour. Such 'intelligent' textiles are capable of monitoring displacement of soil or slopes, critical mechanical deformation in geotechnical structures (dikes, dams, and embankments) as well as in masonry structures during and after earthquakes.