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Optical Fiber Distributed Sensing – Physical Principles and Applications

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In this paper, the physical principles underlying the different techniques for distributed sensing are discussed, a classification is done based on the backscattered wavelength; this is important to understand its possibilities and performances. The field of applications of this new technology is very wide; results of the structural tests of a 40m long wind turbine blade, detecting the location and load of onset of buckling, and the results of the delamination detection in a composite plate, are presented as examples.
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Obtaining the strain data all along the optical fiber, with adequate spatial resolution and strain accuracy, opens new possibilities for structural tests and for structural health monitoring. Formerly, only point sensors, as strain gages or fiber Bragg grating, were available, and information about the response to loads was restricted only to those points on which the sensors were bonded. Unless a sensor was located near the damage initiation point, details about the failure initiation and growth were lost. With a distributed system, the information is given as an array of data with the position in the optical fiber and the strain or temperature data at this point. In this article, the physical principles underlying the different techniques for distributed sensing are discussed, a classification is done based on the backscattered wavelength; this is important to understand its possibilities and performances. The definition of performance for distributed sensors is more difficult than for traditional point sensors because the performance depends on a combination of related measurement parameters. For example, accuracy depends on the spatial resolution, acquisition time, distance range, or cumulated loss prior to measurement location. The field of applications of this new technology is very wide; results of the structural tests of a 40m long wind turbine blade, detecting the location and load of onset of buckling, and the results of the delamination detection in a composite plate, are presented as examples.

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A. Guemes et. al., "Optical Fiber Distributed Sensing - Physical Principles and Applications," Structural Health Monitoring, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 233-245, May 2010.
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