Instrumented pile tests are vital to establish the performance of a pile and validate the
assumptions made during initial design. Conventional instrumentation includes vibrating …

Preliminary pile tests are becoming increasingly routine in piling projects, some of which are
instrumented to help optimise working pile design. However, the execution of a successful …

Static load tests on fully instrumented piles are a useful tool for optimizing the design of pile
foundations. By measuring the change in strain along a test pile it is possible to estimate pile …

The bearing capacity of CFA (Continuous Flight Auger) pile is not able to reach the design
capacity if proper construction is not performed due to the soil collapse at the bottom of the …

Composite anchors are special passive sub-horizontal reinforcements recently developed
for remediation of unstable slopes. They are composed of a hollow steel bar, installed by a …

Distributed fibre optic sensing (DFOS) presents several advantages over traditional point
sensors, for measuring strain and temperature in civil and geotechnical infrastructure. DFOS …

Abstract Distributed Optical Fibre Strain Sensing (DOFSS) through Brillouin Optical Time-
Domain Analysis (BOTDA) can measure complete (continuous) strain profile and load …

Offshore wind power is becoming attractive in the wind-power field. With the rapid
development of wind-power technology, high-power wind turbines have been implemented …

In this paper, we describe the use of optical frequency domain reflectometry for high-spatial
resolution strain measurements to address some mechanical and geotechnical applications …

The precision error of the Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry (BOTDR)‐based
distributed fiber optic strain measurement is normally evaluated based on strain change …