We present a structural health monitoring system for nondestructive testing of composite materials based on the fiber Bragg grating sensors and specialized software solution. The developed structural monitoring system has potential applications for preliminary tests of novel composite materials as well as real-time structural health monitoring of industrial objects. The software solution realizes control for the system, data processing, and alert of an operator.

Abstract.We demonstrate the results of a project on implementing a complete and practical multipurpose monitoring system for icebreakers. We describe the basic principles of operating the developed monitoring system. We present a 3D finite element analysis of the ship model to optimise the sensor arrangement. We also present the benchmarks and test results of the system during an expedition on the Russian scientific research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov.