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Structural Health Monitoring with Distributed Acoustic Sensing

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A single optical fiber can provide measurements at thousands of points along its length, effectively turning the fiber into millions of tiny microphones and strain gauges.

Why this is interesting

Imagine your entire bridge or pipeline could 'feel' a tiny crack forming kilometers away. Distributed acoustic sensing makes that possible using a humble strand of glass thinner than a human hair.