Smartec - Model SOFO -Standard Deformation Sensor
For surface mounting or embedding in concrete and mortars. Ideal for long-term structural deformation monitoring. 20 year track record in field applications.
LONG-GAUGE DEFORMATION SENSOR ROBUST AND TEMPERATURE INDEPENDENT
The SOFO deformation sensors are transducers that transform a distance variation into a change in the path unbalance between two optical fibers that can be measured with a SOFO VII Reading Unit.
The sensor is composed of two main parts: active and passive. The active part contains the reference and the measurement fibers and measures the deformations between its two ends.The passive part is insensitive to deformations and is used to connect the sensor to the Reading Unit. The output is terminated with an E-2000 connector with a built in protective cover.The sensors can be quickly and easily surface mounted or directly embedded in concrete and mortars.
- Length of active zone
- Length of passive zone
- Connecting cable type
- High resolution
- Embeddable or surface mountable
- Temperature insensitive
- Insensitive to corrosion and vibrations
- No calibration required
- Easy to install
- Long term reliability
- Waterproof
- Static measurements
- Bridge Structural Health Monitoring
- Building monitoring
- Dam instrumentation
- Tunnel deformation monitoring
- Pipeline local deformation analysis