| 摘要 |
A monitoring system and method for monitoring a predetermined set of physical characteristics associated with a structure using the monitoring system. The monitoring system is distributed in the structure and comprises a distributed optical sensing device (30), further comprising a fiber optic cable (20, 22); a light source (18a) operatively in communication with the fiber optic cable (20, 22); a light detection device (18b), operatively in communication with the fiber optic cable (20, 22), for measuring the light received at the light detection device (18b) from the fiber optic cable (20, 22); and a data processor (18) capable of using the light measured to calculate a predetermined set of physical parameters describing the predetermined set of physical characteristics. The method comprises deploying the distributed optical sensing device (30) in the structure; providing light to the distributed optical sensing device (30) from the light source (18a); measuring light incident at the light detection device (18b); using the data processor (18) to simultaneously obtain and continuously monitor a plurality of measurements for a distributed optical sensing device (30) at a plurality of locations along the distributed optical sensing device (30) using the measured light incident at the light detection device (18b); and calculating the predetermined set of physical characteristics using the one or more desired physical parameters. |
