An Optical Interferometric Triaxial Displacement Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring: Characterization of Sliding and Debonding for a Delamination Process
This paper presents an extrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer-based optical fiber sensor (EFPI) for measuring three-dimensional (3D) displacements, including interfacial sliding and debonding during delamination. The idea employs three spatially arranged EFPIs as the sensing elements. In our sensor, t...
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doaj-385af2db86c648479f0a3e1500ff8e6e2020-11-25T00:53:32ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202017-11-011711269610.3390/s17112696s17112696An Optical Interferometric Triaxial Displacement Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring: Characterization of Sliding and Debonding for a Delamination ProcessChen Zhu0Yizheng Chen1Yiyang Zhuang2Yang Du3Rex E. Gerald4Yan Tang5Jie Huang6Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USAAmerican Inventor Institute, Willow Spring, IL 60480, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USAThis paper presents an extrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer-based optical fiber sensor (EFPI) for measuring three-dimensional (3D) displacements, including interfacial sliding and debonding during delamination. The idea employs three spatially arranged EFPIs as the sensing elements. In our sensor, the three EFPIs are formed by three endfaces of three optical fibers and their corresponding inclined mirrors. Two coincident roof-like metallic structures are used to support the three fibers and the three mirrors, respectively. Our sensor was calibrated and then used to monitor interfacial sliding and debonding between a long square brick of mortar and its support structure (i.e., a steel base plate) during the drying/curing process. This robust and easy-to-manufacture triaxial EFPI-based 3D displacement sensor has great potential in structural health monitoring, the construction industry, oil well monitoring, and geotechnology.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/11/2696three-dimensional displacementextrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometerinterfacial slidingdebondingstructural health monitoring |
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Chen Zhu Yizheng Chen Yiyang Zhuang Yang Du Rex E. Gerald Yan Tang Jie Huang |
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Chen Zhu Yizheng Chen Yiyang Zhuang Yang Du Rex E. Gerald Yan Tang Jie Huang An Optical Interferometric Triaxial Displacement Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring: Characterization of Sliding and Debonding for a Delamination Process Sensors three-dimensional displacement extrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer interfacial sliding debonding structural health monitoring |
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Chen Zhu Yizheng Chen Yiyang Zhuang Yang Du Rex E. Gerald Yan Tang Jie Huang |
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An Optical Interferometric Triaxial Displacement Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring: Characterization of Sliding and Debonding for a Delamination Process |
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An Optical Interferometric Triaxial Displacement Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring: Characterization of Sliding and Debonding for a Delamination Process |
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An Optical Interferometric Triaxial Displacement Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring: Characterization of Sliding and Debonding for a Delamination Process |
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An Optical Interferometric Triaxial Displacement Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring: Characterization of Sliding and Debonding for a Delamination Process |
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An Optical Interferometric Triaxial Displacement Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring: Characterization of Sliding and Debonding for a Delamination Process |
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optical interferometric triaxial displacement sensor for structural health monitoring: characterization of sliding and debonding for a delamination process |
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This paper presents an extrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer-based optical fiber sensor (EFPI) for measuring three-dimensional (3D) displacements, including interfacial sliding and debonding during delamination. The idea employs three spatially arranged EFPIs as the sensing elements. In our sensor, the three EFPIs are formed by three endfaces of three optical fibers and their corresponding inclined mirrors. Two coincident roof-like metallic structures are used to support the three fibers and the three mirrors, respectively. Our sensor was calibrated and then used to monitor interfacial sliding and debonding between a long square brick of mortar and its support structure (i.e., a steel base plate) during the drying/curing process. This robust and easy-to-manufacture triaxial EFPI-based 3D displacement sensor has great potential in structural health monitoring, the construction industry, oil well monitoring, and geotechnology. |
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three-dimensional displacement extrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer interfacial sliding debonding structural health monitoring |
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