What are the main advantages of the OSMOS system?
The OSMOS system is the only one of its kind in which parameters are tracked in relation to the order in which problems affect the structure: firstly, defects which are early warning signs and thus critical, since they affect the stability of the structure; secondly, those which are marginally less important and arise as a result of the first. Consequently, the OSMOS system has been designed to use different types of sensors: • Firstly, sensors which pick up primary defects: OSMOS sensors; • Secondly, sensors which find the effects of the primary defects, such as inclinometers (tilt sensor) and accelerometers; • Lastly, sensors which identify causes: temperature sensors, anemometers, piezometers (small diameter water wells). OSMOS sensors are able to measure deformations over long distances (but not only), within a precision in the order of one micron. These measurements are reliable over years. They are particularly suited to the long-term static and dynamic surveillance of civil engi
