Vibration monitoring of carbon fiber composites by multiple fiber optic sensors

Massimo Olivero; Guido Perrone; Alberto Vallan; Wei Chen; Daniele Tosi

doi:10.1117/12.2051411

15 May 2014 Vibration monitoring of carbon fiber composites by multiple fiber optic sensors

Massimo Olivero, Guido Perrone, Alberto Vallan, Wei Chen, Daniele Tosi

Proceedings Volume 9141, Optical Sensing and Detection III; 914110 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051411
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2014, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

This work presents the comparison between the fiber Bragg grating technology and a vibration-measurement technique based on the detection of polarization rotation (polarimetric sensor) in a standard optical fiber, applied to the dynamic structural monitoring of carbon reinforced composites for the automotive industry. A carbon reinforced composite test plate in a 4-layer configuration was equipped with fiber Bragg gratings and polarimetric fiber sensors, then it was mechanically stressed by static and dynamic loads while monitoring the sensors response. The fiber Bragg grating setup exhibited 1.15±0.0016 pm/kg static load response and reproduced dynamic excitation with 0.1% frequency uncertainty, while the polarimetric sensing system exhibited a sensitivity of 1.74±0.001 mV/kg and reproduced the dynamic excitation with 0.5% frequency uncertainty. It is shown that the polarimetric sensor technology represents a cheap yet efficient alternative to the fiber Bragg grating sensors in the case of vibration-monitoring of small structures at high frequency.

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Massimo Olivero, Guido Perrone, Alberto Vallan, Wei Chen, and Daniele Tosi "Vibration monitoring of carbon fiber composites by multiple fiber optic sensors", Proc. SPIE 9141, Optical Sensing and Detection III, 914110 (15 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051411

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