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Article: TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION AWARDS 2009: Civil Engineering.
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- The Engineer
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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Nerves of glass: fibre optic health monitoring from concept to reality
BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre, Smart Fibres, Insensys and University of Aston
Using glass fibres to monitor structural integrity is a technique that has its origins in the aerospace sector. A collaboration between BAE Systems and Aston University's school of engineering has spawned two new companies, supplying optical fibre-based structural monitoring to military and civilian customers in fields such as oil and gas, maritime and civil engineering.
The technique was first developed in the 1990s, as the use of carbon- fibre composites in aircraft became more ...
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