15–16 May 2026
Perugia - Italy
Europe/Rome timezone

A fiber optic continuos strain sensing plant for CAOS in Perugia

16 May 2026, 12:20
20m
Oral presentation KAGRA R&D

Speaker

Piero Chessa (University of Perugia)

Description

The construction of CAOS in Perugia allowed to insert optical fibers embedded in the building to measure local strain with spatial resolution. This will be measured by means of a Distributed Acoustic Sensing interrogator Silixa Carina, with nominal spatial resolution down to a quarter of a meter. We report about the plant installation.

Author

Piero Chessa (University of Perugia)

Co-authors

Samuel Baldoni (INFN, Sezione di Perugia) Francesco Bianchi Gabriele Capoccia (INFN-PG) Daniele Cianelli (Università di Perugia) Giuliano Nucciarelli (Università di Perugia) Alessandro Parisi (Università di Perugia) Antonfranco Piluso (Università di Perugia) Helios Vocca (Università di Perugia)

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