Our Mission

The main objective of EU-supported service of dastsensing.net is to provide free-access application-support resources related to distributed acoustic strain & temperature sensing to research institutes, SMEs and larger companies.

Distributed Acoustic Strain & Temperature (DAST) Optical Fibre Sensing is a powerful lightwave technology encompassig Brillouin sensing (BOTDA) with Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) for measuring and mapping vibrations, temperatures, deformations and pressures in thousands of industrial, civil and environmental applications. DAST requires a sensing fibre cable to be installed along the asset to be monitored and an interrogator equipment to create a “virtual sensor” that is swept along the cable and measures the temperature, strain or pressure individually at any point of it.

DAST is an ideal technology for smart industry & smart city environments as it simultaneously takes individual measurements at different locations (e.g. households, stores, industrial plants or buildings) using inexpensive fibers. It is also an ubiquitous solution because of its intrinsic safety avoiding sparks in explosion or fire sensitive areas, its immunity to high-voltage and interferences, resistance to moisture and corrosion and its bio-compatibility.