TY - CHAP
T1 - Distributed fibre optic strain sensing of CERN infrastructures in the molasse region
AU - Di Murro, V.
AU - Soga, K.
AU - Fern, E. J.
AU - Pelecanos, L.
AU - Li, Z.
AU - Scibile, L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 17th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ECSMGE 2019 - Proceedings.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) is a large underground laboratory and it is home to two large particle accelerators, including the «Large Hadron Collider» (LHC). The particles travel at the speed of light through a series of tunnels which must comply with the high serviceability requirements. However, the underground facilities have expanded over a period of 40 years with new tunnels, shafts and caverns. Structural ageing and deterioration of the infrastructure can alter the drainage conditions around tunnels and this can cause, in turn, excess deformation of the tunnels and serviceability issue for the particle accelerators. A remote monitoring system based on distributed fibre-optic strain sensing technology has been implemented in some of the concrete-lined tunnels in order to gain insight in the long-term mechanical behaviour of the underground system. This paper presents the results of the monitoring programme and the results show a slow development of ovalisation of the tunnel over a period of three years.
AB - The European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) is a large underground laboratory and it is home to two large particle accelerators, including the «Large Hadron Collider» (LHC). The particles travel at the speed of light through a series of tunnels which must comply with the high serviceability requirements. However, the underground facilities have expanded over a period of 40 years with new tunnels, shafts and caverns. Structural ageing and deterioration of the infrastructure can alter the drainage conditions around tunnels and this can cause, in turn, excess deformation of the tunnels and serviceability issue for the particle accelerators. A remote monitoring system based on distributed fibre-optic strain sensing technology has been implemented in some of the concrete-lined tunnels in order to gain insight in the long-term mechanical behaviour of the underground system. This paper presents the results of the monitoring programme and the results show a slow development of ovalisation of the tunnel over a period of three years.
KW - Long-term monitoring, distributed fiber-optic sensing
KW - Long-term tunnel deformation
KW - Red molasse
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85208481158
U2 - 10.32075/17ECSMGE-2019-0061
DO - 10.32075/17ECSMGE-2019-0061
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85208481158
T3 - 17th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ECSMGE 2019 - Proceedings
BT - 17th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ECSMGE 2019 - Proceedings
A2 - Sigursteinsson, Haraldur
A2 - Erlingsson, Sigurour
A2 - Erlingsson, Sigurour
A2 - Bessason, Bjarni
PB - International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
T2 - 17th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ECSMGE 2019
Y2 - 1 September 2019 through 6 September 2019
ER -