FIBER-OPTIC SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING THE WATER LEVEL IN HYDRO-ENGINEERING STRUCTURES

Abstract

The paper considers one of the methods for measuring the water level in hydraulic structures. Increasingly, emergency situations occur at hydraulic structures due to excessive overflow of the reservoir during the spring flood and heavy precipitation, then hydraulic gates cannot cope with excess volumes of water. The relevance of this work is due to the increase in the number of emergencies caused by floods. Accidents at such facilities can occur suddenly and pose a great danger both to the facilities themselves and to nearby settlements, economic facilities and agricultural land. Therefore, careful monitoring of the water level at hydraulic structures is required in order to identify any possible emergencies. Water level rise in waterworks can be measured by incorporating a system of fiber optic sensors into waterworks gates and thus reading the water level in real time.