How to monitor water and embankments with fibre optics

A smart levee is equipped with different types of sensors that once integrated, are able, thanks to the information collected, to show the state of health of the embankment, both in quiet times but also in the event of exceptional events.

The objective of our CIRC-UITS partner, POLIMI’s reserachers was to integrate fibre-optic sensor cables with geomats reinforced with double-twist wire mesh, in order to create a panel capable of ‘sensing’ embankment deformations related to phenomena such as overflow or local soil instability that can undermine the functionality of the embankment.

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