[WP4-C] Poster Session 2

[WP4-C7] Infrared-Thermometer-Based Detection of Optical Fiber Breakage in Structure

〇Yosuke Mizuno¹, Sonoko Hagiwara¹, Heeyoung Lee¹, Yutaka Ochi², Takahiro Matsui², Yukihiro Matsumoto³, Yosuke Tanaka⁴, Hitoshi Nakamura⁵, Kentaro Nakamura¹ (¹Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, ²Toray Industries, Inc., Japan, ³Toyohashi Univ. of Technology, Japan, ⁴Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, ⁵Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Japan)

Keywords:Fiber sensing, Fiber characterization and measurement techniques

We show that infrared thermometry can be exploited to detect breakage points of optical fibers embedded in structures. This method has such advantages as real-time operation, cost efficiency, and visual display on site.