20150701 Are sensors sensitive enough ?
This video shows the sensitivity and real-time monitoring capabilities of a fibre optic sensing system installed on a steel railway bridge, which is being constructed as part of major upgrade works to relieve the last bottleneck on the West Coast Main Line near Norton Bridge.
The fibre optic monitoring system is being installed to monitor the dynamic response of the bridge under live loads including high speed trains and heavy freight and is shown here operating under excitation provided by a member of the CSIC team, Jason Shardelow.
Acknowledgements: This research was funded by the EPSRC and Innovate UK through the CSIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre (EPSRC grant reference number EP/L010917/1), and support for the project provided by industry partners Laing O'Rourke, Atkins, Network Rail and VolkerRail through the Staffordshire Alliance is gratefully acknowledged.