光纤布拉格光栅的应变传感实验的研究

针对光纤布拉格光栅的应变特性进行了实验研究,利用计算机采集和处理数据.实验结果表明,Bragg波长随纵向应变的变化呈现出良好的线性,与理论分析结果一致;光栅的涂敷材料不会改变它的线性,但会引起光栅的应变灵敏度变化.     

Analysis on strain transfer of a pasted FBG strain sensor

Optical fiber is not in direct contact with the material host in practice, so the strain measured by the Fiber-optic Bragg Grating (FBG) sensor is not the true strain. The transfer mechanism between the measured strain and the true strain depends on mechanical properties of fiber, protective layer, substrate, adhesive layer, and the material host. This paper analyzes the transfer mechanism of strain in detail, and proposes the shear stress distribution of polynomial form, and establishes the transfer function of strain. This paper also analyzes the influence on length of FBG sensor, adhesive layer thickness and elastic modulus on strain transfer coefficient in detail. The theoretical guidance for the practical application of the FBG sensor is given through the strain transfer analysis.     

Experimental verification of response of embedded optical fiber Bragg grating sensors in non-homogeneous strain fields

One of the advantages of optical fiber sensors is their ease of embedment within a structure for non-destructive strain monitoring. In particular, Bragg grating sensors are written directly into an optical fiber hence remaining unobtrusive. In addition, several gratings can be written in series along a single fiber, permitting sensing at discrete points throughout the strain field. However, in regions of strong strain gradients, measuring the strain at discrete points may not be sufficient. One solution is to write a Bragg grating longer than the strain region of interest and use the change in its spectral response to determine the applied strain field as a function of position along the fiber. This paper presents an experimental verification of the response of an embedded optical fiber Bragg grating (OFBG) to applied non-homogeneous strain fields. Optical fiber Bragg grating sensors were embedded in four epoxy specimens of different forms so as to apply known strain functions along the gauge length when the specimen is under uniaxial tension. The complete spectral response of the Bragg gratings was then measured as a function of increasing load. The results are compared with analytical calculations, based on the piecewise-uniform period assumption for chirped gratings. Finally, the use of these spectra is discussed as possible basis functions for the resolution of an arbitrary applied strain distribution.     

Design of double-coated optical fibers to minimize long-term hydrostatic-pressure-induced microbending losses

The design of double-coated optical fibers to minimize long-term hydrostatic-pressure-induced microbending losses is investigated. Microbending loss in these fibers is dominated by compressive radial stress at the interface between the glass fiber and the primary coating, which is a function of the material properties of the polymeric coatings and their thickness. To minimize long-term hydrostatic-pressure-induced microbending losses, one should decrease the Young's modulus and Poisson ratio of the primary coating but increase the radius, Young's modulus, Poisson ratio, and relaxation time of the secondary coating. Alternatively, the radius and relaxation time of the primary coating have their optimum values.     

Distributed strain measurement using a tellurite glass fiber with Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry

A tellurite glass fiber with a high Brillouin gain was employed for distributed strain measurement with Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry (BOCDR). First, the spatial resolution of BOCDR was evaluated using the tellurite fiber. With the high Brillouin gain of the fiber, it was confirmed clearly in the experiment that the spatial resolution is limited by the Rayleigh scattering-induced noise. Then, the dependence of the Brillouin frequency shift (BFS) on strain in the tellurite fiber was investigated, showing a negative dependence with a coefficient of −0.023 MHz/με. Using this tellurite fiber, the distribution of the BFS around a 1-cm strain-applied section was successfully measured with BOCDR of a nominal spatial resolution of 6 mm.     

高分辨率光纤应变传感技术的研究

介绍光纤应变传感器中光纤端面反射镜的制作方法,镀膜光纤的连接技术和构成不对称光纤法布里－珀罗干涉腔的方法。应用低反射率不对称光纤法布里－ 珀罗干涉腔与光纤连接构成的光纤应变传感器,以提高分辨率;重点导出此干涉腔反射光与应变的数学模型,论述其工作原理和测量方法,通过实验证明文中所述应变传感原理和测量方法是正确的,其分辨率优于０－００６８με。     

光纤涂料对光纤衰减的影响

分析光纤涂料的厚度、应力松驰、热处理及辐射等对光纤衰减的影响。提出应根据光纤技术要求选择既符合工艺条件又与光纤材料相匹配的涂料,并严格控制涂料厚度和同心度,以保证光纤质量。     

Characteristics of strain transfer and the reflected spectrum of a metal-coated fiber Bragg grating sensor

Previous researchers have simulated strain transfer and spectrum of normal fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors with a polymer coating bonded on the structure. They only considered the shear stress in a polymer coating for the simulation. However, for metal-coated FBG sensors, not only shear stress but also axial stress in the metal coating should be reflected into the calculation because its axial stiffness is no longer negligible. Thus, the author investigated the strain transfer and reflected spectra of metal-coated FBG sensors by considering both shear stress and axial stress. The strain transfer analysis involved evaluating the strain profiles along the sensor by plotting an analytical solution, and validating the evaluated profiles with the results obtained by a finite element analysis (FEA). The solution was also verified by the experiments that used aluminum-coated FBG sensors bonded on a carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite specimen. A transfer-matrix (T-matrix) formulation and coupled mode theory were used to simulate the reflected spectra of metal-coated FBG sensors for the evaluated strain profile. In addition, the effect of mechanical and geometric parameters of the sensor was examined. The findings revealed that the strain transfer characteristics and reflected spectra deteriorated with increases in the thickness and Young's modulus of the metal coating due to the consideration of axial stress. It is the opposite results for the normal FBG sensor with a polymer coating. Furthermore, the results also indicated that the decrease in bonding thickness resulted in improved strain transfer and signal characteristics. Moreover, a bonding length of 14 mm was suitable in suppressing an asymmetric shape of the reflected spectrum and in achieving an accurate measurement. The results of the parametric study are expected to contribute to improve the measurement accuracy of metal-coated FBG sensors in actual applications. The analytical methodology can be usefully employed in the design of a metal-coated FBG sensor system.     

非轴向力下埋入式光纤传感器应变传递分析

利用剪滞法建立了当光纤光栅传感器的轴线和基体主应力的方向成一定角度时,光纤光栅传感器的测量应变与基体结构实际应变之间的关系,进而得出了光纤光栅传感器的平均应变传递率的一般公式。采用裸光纤光栅传感器进行实验,在倾斜角度α为30.72°时,实验所得的波长变化之比分别为:0.727,0.738,0.746;理论计算所得的波长变化之比为0.739,相对误差都在2%以内。同时分析了埋设角度偏差对测量结果的影响。研究结果表明,非轴向力作用下光纤光栅传感器的应变与结构基体应变之间的传递关系与其在轴向力作用下存在明显的区别,埋设角度的偏差会给测量结果造成一定的误差。     

Design of double-coated optical fibers to minimize long-term axial-strain-induced microbending losses

The design of double-coated optical fibers to minimize long-term axial-strain-induced microbending losses is investigated. The microbending loss is dominated by the compressive radial stress at the interface between the glass fiber and primary coating. To know the long-term axial-strain-induced microbending losses in double-coated optical fibers, the stresses in fibers are analyzed by the viscoelastic theory. To minimize these long-term microbending losses, the thickness and Young's modulus of the secondary coating should be decreased if the strength of coating is satisfied. Meanwhile, the Poisson's ratio of the primary coating should be increased, but the Young's modulus of the primary coating and relaxation time of the secondary coating should be decreased. Alternatively, the radius and relaxation time of the primary coating exist their optimum values. The long-term axial-strain-induced microbending losses in single-coated optical fibers are also discussed.     

埋入式光纤光栅应变测量系统的设计

埋入式光纤光栅应变传感器作为大型土木结构健康监测的智能元件具有很好的发展前景。讨论了埋入式光纤光栅应变传感器的传感机理，设计了埋入式光纤光栅应变测量系统。从力学角度阐述了光栅传感探头的结构和制作工艺。采用可调谐F-P滤波器对光栅信号进行解调，解决了应变与温度交叉敏感问题。系统对应变的测量范围为0～1500με。通过理论分析证实了系统方案的可行性。     

An interferometric structure with a dual-resonance long period grating for strain sensing

Spectral characteristics and amplitude tunability of a long period grating with a dual- resonance inside fiber loop mirror are studied in terms of applied stress caused by elongation. Inserting the polarization controller between grating and part of polarization maintaining fiber in the loop structure enables tuning of resonance and interferometric peaks. The maximum sensitivity of demonstrated sensor is of 1.943?dB/mε for the range of 1.1–4.4 mε. Combination of these two optical components allows to measure strain in a wider range comparing with sensors based on standard long period grating.     

Superposition of fiber Bragg and LPG gratings for embedded strain measurement

When a fiber Bragg grating strain sensor is embedded inside a structure, the interaction of the sensor with the host material can lead to spurious results if the radial strain is neglected. In this article, we use numerical simulations to show that the axial and radial strains can be simultaneously measured with a single fiber in which a Bragg grating and a long-period grating are superimposed. Moreover, we present an optimal architecture of the sensor.     

基于布里渊散射的结构应力光纤测试技术研究

本文通过分析一定功率的脉冲光射入光纤中的布里渊散射规律,介绍了分布式光纤测量测量轴向应力的基本原理。制作实验装置,测量单独的应变模型,分析散射回来的波形图,初步了解应力在光纤布里渊散射波谱上的图像特征。将应力作用于光纤的不同位置,对比它们与无应力作用诗所得到的散射波形之间的图像差异,研究其对光脉冲在光纤传输过程中的影响规律。结果表明,应力的作用大小,作用位置的不同都会对脉冲光的传播造成影响,主要在于影响布里渊散射的斯托克斯光和反斯托克斯光。本次研究所得可以为分布式光纤测量提供参考,为分布式光纤在测量微型形变的应用中有一定的促进作用。本次研究的创新点在于使用滑轮的方法,解决同等应力在分布光纤的不同位置作用效果。     

Data processing in BOTDR distributed strain measurement based on pattern recognition

As a distributed fiber optic sensor able to monitor strain distribution within dozens of miles, BOTDR is widely applied in structural health monitoring (SHM). However, the difficulty of data processing has been in the way of health monitoring of civil structures and hence an obstacle against BOTDR’s development. In order to realize the rapid processing of distributed strain data, the strain measurement line was divided into a series of waveform units to confirm whether waveform units are normal or not by pattern recognition while taking both mean and standard deviation of characteristic vector into consideration, as well as combine neighboring abnormal units as abnormal area and give evaluation and warning to this area by the correspondence between waveforms and fiber deformation. The application of data processing in distributed monitoring of a certain tunnel showed that the abnormal area can be located fast and accurately and the deformation of optical fiber and structure can be evaluated with this technology.     

Surface strain due to embedded epitaxial islands

We present a simple methodology for the evaluation of strain on the free surface above an embedded island. This work is motivated by the technological importance of self-organization of nanostructures. We first obtain the exact solution of the problem of a particle embedded in a half-space, using continuum theory. Then, we obtain a simple mathematical expression for the strain on the surface. In order to account for the influence of surface energy at the nanoscale, surface and interface stress are considered through the continuum Gurtin formulation. The results are compared with the classical approach, which typically ignores surface stress. This comparison illustrates a very dramatic (even qualitative) difference from the classical elasticity based prediction. It proves that surface stress must be taken into account when islands are small and softer than the substrate material. The procedure illustrated here should be useful to those who need usable expressions for surface strain and have no interest in solving the corresponding boundary value problem.     

Temperature-independent strain sensor made from tapered holey optical fiber

A large-mode-area holey fiber was tapered to a point in which the airholes collapsed, and its dependence on temperature and strain was studied. The transmission spectrum of such a fiber exhibits a series of peaks owing to the interference between the modes of the solid taper waist. We found that the interference peaks shifted to shorter wavelengths as the taper was elongated. However, the peaks were insensitive to temperature. The fabrication and advantages of our novel wavelength-encoded temperature-independent strain sensor compared with other optical fiber strain sensors are discussed.     

Microstructure and thermal residual stress analysis of SiC fiber through Raman spectroscopy

SiC fiber‐reinforced metal matrix composite is an interesting material for aerospace industry because of its excellent properties. However, these properties are greatly influenced by fiber microstructure and thermal residual stresses introduced by the preparation of the composites. Due to complicated preparation technology, microstructure and thermal stress along SiC fiber radius varies, which makes characterization difficult. Raman spectroscopy is a non‐destructive technique which provides information, at micrometer scale, on the phase composition and the crystalline state (structure and texture) of materials. Line scanning was used to assess microstructure along SiC fiber radius embedded in Ti64. The SiC coating is subdivided into three concentric parts across the fiber diameter, according to the differences in intensity and width of SiC transverse optical phonon (TO) band. Part 2 is considered to be a buffer zone connecting Part 1 and Part 3 with different deposition conditions, respectively. Amorphous Si is detected throughout fiber radius, while crystalline Si is only detected in the outer part. Thermal residual stress along fiber radius in the composite was calculated by using SiC TO band shifts with a bare fiber as reference. A cylindrical model was also used to compare with the stress data obtained from Raman shift. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Analysis of Long-Term Optical Effects in Double-Coated Optical Fibers Induced by Hydrostatic Pressure and Thermal Loading

The hydrostatic pressure and thermal loading simultaneously induced optical effects in double-coated optical fibers in the long-term are analyzed by the viscoelastic theory. Using the Laplace transformation method, close-form solutions for the microbending loss and refractive index changes are obtained. The results of the microbending loss are initially identical to those obtained by the elastic analysis, and then decrease gradually as time progresses. The microbending loss and refractive index changes of the glass fiber are functions of the material properties of the primary and secondary coatings. To minimize the microbending loss and refractive index changes in the long-term, the Young's modulus of the primary coating, and the viscosity and Poisson's ratio of the secondary coating should be increased. Nevertheless, the viscosity and Poisson's ratio of the primary coating, and the Young's modulus of the secondary coating should be decreased.     

酸溶法光纤传像束材料匹配性设计

为使光纤传像束具有良好的传光、传像性能,需要对原始材料的匹配性进行优化设计.本文引入PbO等阳离子半径大的材料作纤芯,用低折射率SiO2和B2O3材料作包层,选择BaO等酸溶速率高的材料作为酸溶层,研究了纤芯、包层和酸溶层玻璃材料之间物化性能和光学性能的匹配性.通过差热分析和光谱透过率等多种实验手段,对这三种玻璃材料的光学和热学性能进行了测试和分析,优化设计出了酸溶法光纤传像束所需要的原料配方.结果表明:在纤芯、包层和酸溶玻璃材料中分别引入质量分数为45%PbO、60% SiO2和40%（B2O3 +BaO）以上时,酸溶法光纤传像束材料的匹配性最佳,该研究和设计对高质量光纤传像束的制备和应用具有重要意义.