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From applications on very old structures (such as the Acropolis and the Duomo di Como, Italy) to very new (such as the Water Cube in Beijing), Micron Optics gear provides sensing solutions that deliver fast, accurate and dependable measurements.  Below are just a few case studies using Micron Optics instruments and sensors:

	Bridges: Arsenal Bridge, Rock Island, IL, 2009 Chiapas Bridge,Chiapas, Mexico 2008  Sapgyo Grand Bridge, South Korea, 2008         M56 Motorway Road Bridge, Cheshire, UK 2007-2008    M6 Motorway Road Bridge, Lancashire, UK 2006-2007  Manhattan Bridge, Manhattan, NY 2005-2007  Hampden Bridge, Kangaroo Valley, NSW, Australia 2005 Other installations include: Yokohama Bay Bridge (Japan), Huanghe Bridge (China), Chongqing Guangyang Dao (China)
	Buildings: Greek Public Schools, Hellinikon, Athens, Greece 2008 Holy Temple, Glyfada, Greece, 2008  Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax, Canada 2006  High Rise Buildings, Singapore 2004-2006  Underground Car Park, Madrid, Spain 2006 Airport Terminal, Singapore 2005  Other installations include: Guangzhou TV Tower (China), Beijing Olympic Swimming Pool (China), Parthenon (Greece), Como Cathedral (Italy)
	Tunnels and Roads: Yangtze River Tunnel, Nanjing, China, 2009 Road Pavement Monitoring, Australia, 2007

Visit the Document Library to see other currently available case studies, white papers and articles.  

Bridge owners need to assess a structure's true condition. Building owners need to know if their structures are safe after an earthquake.  Tunnel operators need real-time warning of fire or landslide. Traditional visual inspections only provide qualitative information.  Quantitative data is needed to support inspectors in their assessments, and in some cases, to provide early warning for dangerous conditions that visual inspections cannot detect.

Fiber optic sensing solutions are particularly attractive for such permanent installations: 

• Components are designed to perform for decades. 
• Hundreds of sensors can be multiplexed into just a few fibers. 
• Different types of sensors (e.g., strain, temperature, acceleration) can be combined on the same fiber.
• Recent focus has been on making both instruments and sensors easier to install and use.

Micron Optics' Enlight simplifies data reduction, display, synchronization, storage, and sends alerts when safety thresholds are crossed.