Strain sensing of modern composite materials with a spatial wavelength-division multiplexed fiber grating network

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作者
Rao, YJ [1 ]
Jackson, DA [1 ]
Zhang, L [1 ]
Bennion, I [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ASTON,DEPT ELECT ENGN,PHOTON RES CTR,BIRMINGHAM B4 7ET,W MIDLANDS,ENGLAND
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10.1364/OL.21.000683
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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A spatial/wavelength-division multiplexing topology with combination of a tunable-wavelength filter and an interferometric wavelength scanner is used to interrogate a range of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensors embedded in modern composite materials. A nine-element FBG sensor system based on this topology is demonstrated for quasi-static strain sensing of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic plate for aerospace applications. Preliminary experimental results show that a strain resolution of similar to 1.8 mu epsilon rms with an similar to 30-Hz bandwidth(similar to 0.32 mu epsilon/root Hz) for quasi-static strain measurement has been achieved. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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