Effects of metal coating on the fiber Bragg grating temperature sensing characteristics

Effects of the metal coatings on the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) temperature sensing characteristics were simulated and experimentally investigated. Temperature sensitivity of the coated FBG as a function of the coating material properties was simulated using MATLAB software based on the temperature sensing model. The simulation results show that the elastic modulus, Poisson’s ratio, thermal expansion coefficient and coating thickness of the coatings have noticeable impacts on the sensing characteristics of the coated FBG. It is noted that (i) there is an extreme value for the influence of the elastic modulus on temperature sensitivity; (ii) temperature sensitivity increases with the increase of Poisson’s ratio and thermal expansion coefficient; (iii) with the increase of the coating thickness, the temperature sensitivity increases first then reaches a plateau asymptotically. To validate the simulation results, several FBGs were coated with copper, nickel, cobalt, copper–zinc, and Ni–ZrO₂, and subsequently the associated temperature sensitivities were measured using a network analyzer as well as a water bath. The results show that the simulation results agree well with that of the experiments, with the errors up to 5.49%.     

纤维复合材料层合板内埋光纤光栅传感器的保护技术

内埋的光纤Bragg光栅（FBG）传感器的存活率及测试精度是其在线监测纤维增强树脂基复合材料制备和服役状态的重要前提。采用[90₁₁/0₁₁]的碳纤维预浸料铺层方式,在层合板0°和45°方向的典型位置埋入FBG温度和应变传感器,采用模压成型工艺制备复合材料层合板。在异向铺排（光纤光栅方向与碳纤维方向不同）的45°方向光纤光栅传感器内埋于碳纤维预浸料层间的过程中,对其采用4种不同的保护方式。通过对比实验结果发现:当对异向铺排的FBG传感器不采取保护措施时,在加热加压复合材料时光纤光栅容易失活;整层铺设同向预浸料以保护异向铺排的FBG传感器的方式改变了具有特定铺层参数复合材料的力学性能;采用窄长条同向预浸料上下包埋保护FBG传感器的方式增大了应变光栅测量结果的系统误差;采用窄长条同向预浸料上下包埋并在邻近铺层开凹槽的保护方式能明显提高内埋光纤光栅的存活率及测试精度。      

Performance evaluation of metal-coated fiber Bragg grating sensors for sensing cryogenic temperature

A metal recoated fiber Bragg grating sensor has been designed, fabricated and tested to study its temperature response at cryogenic temperature around 15 K. Metals like aluminium (Al), copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and indium (In) are considered for recoating the FBG sensors. Indium recoated FBG (IRCFBG) sensors showed a higher sensitivity at around 15 K compared to Al, Cu and Pb coated FBG sensors. In addition, the IRCFBG sensor was tested for its repeatability, stability and performance in the high magnetic field (8 T). The experimental results of the IRCFBG sensor test revealed a satisfactory performance. They will be reported in this paper.     

Analysis of the reflective-matched fiber Bragg grating sensing interrogation scheme

A technique for the demodulation of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors based on the use of a second wavelength-matched FBG receiver to track wavelength shifts from the FBG sensor is analyzed, particularly regarding its sensitivity as determined by primary noise sources. Numerical and experimental results show that there is an optimum Bragg wavelength difference between the two FBG's that maximizes the sensitivity for this demodulation technique.     

布拉格光栅监测不同厚度方向的固化残余应力

复合材料在固化过程中产生的残余应力会严重影响材料的使用和安全。首先在研究和测试了布拉格光栅温度和应力灵敏度的基础上,将3根光栅分别以平行于碳纤维的方向置入预浸料的上、中、下3个位置,以此获得复合材料不同厚度位置的残余应力变化情况。监测结果表明,上、下层光栅监测到的预浸料固化过程几乎完全一致,而在降温时下层的布拉格光栅残余应力则比上层的要大得多,中间层布拉格光栅在固化过程中测得的残余应力最小,但在降温过程中的热残余应力不易释放而导致最后的残余应力也较大。     

FBG应变挠度法标定及过程仿真

介绍了一种基于挠度分析的等强度悬臂梁FBG传感器应变标定测试方法和装置,研究了FBG传感器应变传递过程中的相关参量的仿真分析方法,精确测量了应变传递过程中的相关参量,并且针对不同载荷下的等强度悬臂梁的表面应变和挠度进行了理论分析和仿真。同时解析了挠度与梁表面应变、FBG传感器应变的关系,给出了标定后FBG传感器的应变灵敏度,并对挠度法测量FBG传感器的标定结果进行了不确定度评定。当包含因子k=2时,FBG传感器应变灵敏度的相对扩展不确定度＜0.5％,能够满足高精度的应变测试要求,为高精度FBG传感器的应变标定提供了技术支持。     

灵敏度可调型光纤FBG倾角传感器研究

提出了一种基于等截面梁弯曲变形原理的灵敏度可调型光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)倾角传感器,通过FBG光栅感受因结构倾角改变而引起的等截面梁弯曲变形,进而实现对结构倾斜角度的测量,并构建了灵敏度可调型光纤FBG光栅倾角检测系统。实验结果表明,该FBG倾角传感器测量范围为±35°,最高灵敏度达到56.93pm/(°),测量精度为0.02°。该传感器可通过改变等截面梁的宽度还可实现对倾角检测灵敏度的有效调节。     

钢条封装的光纤布拉格光栅温度传感器

介绍了光纤布拉格光栅传感器测温的基本原理以及一些布拉格光纤的封装方法,在此基础之上探讨了一种新型的布拉格光纤光栅的封装方法即用钢条对布拉格光纤光栅进行封装,并通过实验对祼光栅和封装后光栅的温度特性进行了研究.实验采用了恒温水浴装置,在25℃至70℃温度范围使用了中心波长为1530.5 nm的光纤布拉格光栅进行测量.先进行了祼光栅的测量,在光栅封装之后又进行了测量.实验结果表明,光纤光栅在封装之后温度灵敏度为裸光栅的2.5倍.其线性拟合度达到0.996.     

Axial compressive behavior of concrete actively confined by metal strips; part A: experimental study

This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the application of strapping technique for retrofit of concrete compressive specimens. In this technique, standard strapping devices, which are used in the packaging industry, are applied to post-tension high strength metal strips around the concrete columns. Experimental program included axial compressive tests on 72 cylindrical and prismatic compressive specimens, which were actively confined by pre-stressed metal strips. The effects of various parameters on strength and ductility of confined concrete were studied including compressive strength of concrete, mechanical volumetric ratio of confining strips, post-tensioning force in the strip, number of strip layers wrapped around the specimens and details of strip joint. The effects of strength and ductility of confining strips on the behavior of confined specimens were also studied. Longitudinal and lateral strains of concrete and strain of the strips were monitored. Test results showed significant increase in the strength and ductility of specimens due to active confinement by metal strips. It was observed that ductility of confining material plays the most important role in enhancement of concrete ductility. The gain in strength is strongly dependent to the effective mechanical volumetric ratio of confining strips. It was also observed that the active confinement of concrete by post-tensioning the confining element results in stiffer pre-peak response of concrete specimens than the usual passive confinement.     

Estimations of fiber Bragg grating parameters and strain gauge factor using optical spectrum and strain distribution information

An inverse approach based on an optimization technique is proposed to characterize a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and the strain gauge factor (GF) when the FBG is bonded on a structure. By bonding an FBG on a substrate and simply straining this FBG into a chirped fiber Bragg grating with a predesignated strain, the proposed method, based on an optimization technique, can be used to reconstruct seven parameters of the FBG from the corresponding reflective spectrum. The parameters identified are the length of an FBG, the grating period, the average refractive index, the index modulation, the apodization coefficient, the starting point bonded on the plate, and the strain GF. The information from the predesignated strain, as well as the measured reflective spectrum, is used as the objective function during the optimal search. As a result, the design sensitivity for the optimal search is much improved compared with the design sensitivity when only the reflective spectrum is used. In particular, the strain GF, which depends on the adhesive, the bonding layer characteristics, etc., can be determined in order to provide a reference for an FBG used as a strain sensor. Results from numerical simulations and experiments show that seven parameters of an FBG can be obtained accurately and efficiently.     

Simulation and experiment of packaging of the fibre Bragg grating sensors using brazing/soldering methods

Abstract

To manufacture fibre Bragg grating (FBG) transducer, finite element model simulation and experimental verification of packaging of the FBG by brazing/soldering were investigated. The packaging processes and their impacts on the wavelength change of FBG were analysed. Simulation results showed that the Bragg wavelength of packaged FBG shifted down a level of ~10 nm. For experimental verification, temperature sensitivity of the packaged FBG was enhanced about twice of the bare FBG, while its spectrum was well preserved. The Bragg wavelength was shifted down a level of ~10 nm which was in accordance with the simulation.     

基于概率模型的光纤光栅传感网络优化布置

光纤光栅传感器相比与传统传感器,其特有的轴向敏感性决定了它的探测距离在传感器的不同方向上是有差异的,因此光纤光栅传感器的布置角度对于传感器网络的性能具有很大的影响。基于传统传感器的概率探测模型,本文提出了一种贴合光纤布拉格光栅传感器实际特点的探测模型,并通过实验验证了其正确性,继而利用这一模型,采用粒子群优化算法进行了光纤光栅传感网络的优化布置。最后,同不考虑布置角度的优化布置方法进行了比较,结果表明,在实际应用中考虑布置角度对于传感网络性能具有很大的提升。     

Effects of temperature and B4C content on the bonding properties of roll-bonded aluminum strips

The presence of ceramic particles between metal strips in metal matrix composite processing by roll bonding affects their bonding properties. In this study, roll bonding of commercial pure aluminum (AA1100) strips in the presence of various B₄C contents at different thickness reductions was focused. Furthermore, the effect of rolling temperature (at ambient temperature and 473 K) on the bonding properties of the strips was investigated via peeling tests. The results showed that the presence of the B₄C particles between the aluminum strips reduces the bond strength and weld efficiency; in contrast, they are increased by increasing temperature. Therefore, by increasing temperature it is possible to use the higher amounts of the B₄C particles between the aluminum strips.     

Performance analysis of a fiber Bragg grating filter-based strain/temperature sensing system based on a modified Gaussian function approximation method

This paper analyzes the performance of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) filter-based strain and/or temperature sensing system based on a modified Gaussian function (MGF) approximation method. Instead of using a conventional Gaussian function, we propose the MGF, which can capture the characteristics of the sidelobes of the reflected spectrum, to model the FBG sensor and filter. We experimentally demonstrate that, by considering the contributions of the sidelobes with the MGF approximation method, behaviors of the FBG filter-based FBG displacement and/or temperature sensing system can be predicted more accurately. The predicted behaviors include the saturation, the sensitivity, the sensing range, and the optimal initial Bragg wavelengths of the FBG sensing system.     

光纤光栅振动传感系统仿真研究与分析

由于光纤光栅传感器具有灵敏度高、动态范围宽、不受电磁干扰、成本低、体积小等优点,使其在传感领域具有很好的应用前景.光纤光栅传感技术已成为现代传感领域的一个重要研究方向,其在振动传感领域的应用也取得了一定的成就.本文针对悬臂梁式光纤光栅振动传感,将光纤光栅振动传感元件近似为惯性式振动系统,以其数学模型为基础,利用Matl...     

纳米坐标测量机的三维接触式测头机构

介绍了一种新型的用于纳米坐标测量机的三维微纳米接触触发式测头机构.本测头以灵敏度高、抗干扰性强的布拉格光纤光栅(FBG)为测量的敏感元件,根据FBG对轴向应变变化敏感的特点,开发了一套有效触发测量力小的柔性悬架机构,该机构为三悬丝-六边中心连接体的悬架结构,相间隔的3边延伸悬臂与3根布拉格光纤光栅相连,当测球发生预行程变化时,由测杆带动柔性悬架机构产生偏摆,从而带动3根FBG发生轴向的拉伸或压缩,进而产生传感信号的输出.由于测头结构复位性是衡量测球和工件分离后能否回到初始位置的标准,是测头其他各项指标的基础,因此结合激光干涉仪和精密微动平台,采用光学非接触干涉测量方法对该测头机构的实际复位性能进行了测量.结果表明,测头系统采用15 N的预紧力安装悬丝,可得到较好的复位性和灵敏度,该测头机构复位性精度在20 nm以内,满足微纳米量级高精度测量的需要.     

基于LPFG微弯特性的高精度位移检测系统

在研究长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)温度及微弯特性的基础上,通过引入聚合物温度增敏封装后的光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)作为解调滤波器,搭建了温度自补偿微位移检测系统.将LPFG粘贴于试件上进行微弯测试,在固定波长处.其插入损耗的变化与弯曲度变化呈线性关系.为解决LPFG带宽宽、谐振波长难以精确测量的问题,选择特定波长的FBG作为滤波器,实现了位移检测系统的功率化解调.同时,对FBG利用聚合物进行了温度增敏封装,使其温度灵敏度与LPFG尽量相同,消除了温度对系统的影响.试验结果表明,传感系统输出的光功率与微位移呈良好的线性关系,位移灵敏度为2μW/mm,分辨力为0.5×10-2 mm.所设计的系统结构简单、灵敏度高、线性度好,不受外界温度干扰.     

用于非线性兰姆波检测的高灵敏度宽带光纤光栅传感器

光纤传感器因其灵敏度高,已逐渐应用于超声检测的研究中,但大多数光纤传感器的频带响应范围有限,约为几百k Hz,很难检测到更高频率的信号。所提出的光纤布拉格光栅(Fiber Bragg Grating,FBG)传感器的高频检测范围可以达到4 MHz左右,大大提高了其检测带宽范围。文中将传感器应用于304不锈钢板兰姆波的非线性检测,同时与传统超声换能器的检测结果做对比。实验结果表明,用脉冲波激励信号时,FBG传感器可以检测到钢板兰姆波的基频到五倍频信号,表明FBG在检测兰姆波非线性上是有很大潜力的。     

热轧镇静带钢分层原因分析

采用全相检验、化学分析等方法．对热轧镇静带钢出现的分层情况进行了探讨。结果表明,带铜分层主要是由于带状组织和夹杂物引起的．因此必须严格控制带状组织与夹杂物。     

基于模量/应变波耦合特性的FBG碳纤维增强塑料复合材料拉伸断裂监测

从光纤Bragg光栅（FBG）反射中心波长随碳纤维增强塑料复合材料（CFRP）拉伸试件表面应变变化敏感特性的角度,详细研究了拉伸过程中FBG中心波长的拉伸变化速率（即CFRP的宏观弹性模量）与复合材料内部断裂饱和状态的相关性和断裂瞬间试件表面的应变波响应特性,即：在拉伸过程中,CFRP拉伸试件的宏观弹性模量随着内部断裂的发生而不断减小,且在试件出现明显应力松弛状态前趋于平稳;应力松弛状态出现时,断裂区域表面接收的应变波响应略大于其他区域。通过设计相应排布形式,将FBG与CFRP断裂监测相结合,提出了一种基于FBG传感的CFRP断裂分阶段监测方法。该方法中传感探头直接与CFRP试件耦合,测量及传导光路全光纤化,可实现对CFRP断裂状态的绝对监测。