Health monitoring of carbon cantilever using femtosecond laser inscribed FBG array in gradient-index CYTOP polymer fibre

Antreas Theodosiou; Kyriacos Kalli; Michael Komodromos

doi:10.1117/12.2263524

23 April 2017 Health monitoring of carbon cantilever using femtosecond laser inscribed FBG array in gradient-index CYTOP polymer fibre

Antreas Theodosiou, Kyriacos Kalli, Michael Komodromos

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Proceedings Volume 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors; 103232T (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263524
Event: 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 2017, Jeju, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

We report on the femtosecond laser inscription of a fibre Bragg grating array in multimode, gradient-index, CYTOP polymer optical fibre and its demonstration as a quasi-distributed sensor for cantilever health monitoring measurements. We exploit the key advantage of polymer optical fibres, having a significantly lower Young’s modulus compared with silica fibres, for vibration measurements. We also modify the typical multi-mode Bragg grating spectrum through control of the femtosecond laser inscription process, thereby producing gratings having single peak wavelength spectra. The sensor array is used to recover the time-dependent, wavelength response from each Bragg grating sensor and extract the mode shape of the beam. The mode shapes of the beam were used to observe “damage” introduced to the cantilever by adding masses to its surface; adjusting the level of damage by using different weights and placing them at different point across the beam. We show that health monitoring measurements are feasible with polymer based fibre Bragg gratings. The accurate and rapid detection of damage points on structural beams and the damage level is an important parameter for improved maintenance and servicing of beams under load and for the prevention of long-term damage.

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Antreas Theodosiou, Kyriacos Kalli, and Michael Komodromos "Health monitoring of carbon cantilever using femtosecond laser inscribed FBG array in gradient-index CYTOP polymer fibre", Proc. SPIE 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 103232T (23 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263524

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