A Newly Designed Fiber-Optic Based Earth Pressure Transducer with Adjustable Measurement Range
A novel fiber-optic based earth pressure sensor (FPS) with an adjustable measurement range and high sensitivity is developed to measure earth pressures for civil infrastructures. The new FPS combines a cantilever beam with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors and a flexible membrane. Compared with a tr...
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| author | Hou-Zhen Wei Dong-Sheng Xu Qing-Shan Meng |
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| description | A novel fiber-optic based earth pressure sensor (FPS) with an adjustable measurement range and high sensitivity is developed to measure earth pressures for civil infrastructures. The new FPS combines a cantilever beam with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors and a flexible membrane. Compared with a traditional pressure transducer with a dual diaphragm design, the proposed FPS has a larger measurement range and shows high accuracy. The working principles, parameter design, fabrication methods, and laboratory calibration tests are explained in this paper. A theoretical solution is derived to obtain the relationship between the applied pressure and strain of the FBG sensors. In addition, a finite element model is established to analyze the mechanical behavior of the membrane and the cantilever beam and thereby obtain optimal parameters. The cantilever beam is 40 mm long, 15 mm wide, and 1 mm thick. The whole FPS has a diameter of 100 mm and a thickness of 30 mm. The sensitivity of the FPS is 0.104 kPa/με. In addition, automatic temperature compensation can be achieved. The FPS’s sensitivity, physical properties, and response to applied pressure are extensively examined through modeling and experiments. The results show that the proposed FPS has numerous potential applications in soil pressure measurement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-272b83e3637c4b358663799ab9eba0f32022-12-22T01:56:20ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-03-0118493210.3390/s18040932s18040932A Newly Designed Fiber-Optic Based Earth Pressure Transducer with Adjustable Measurement RangeHou-Zhen Wei0Dong-Sheng Xu1Qing-Shan Meng2State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Rd., Wuhan 430074, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, ChinaA novel fiber-optic based earth pressure sensor (FPS) with an adjustable measurement range and high sensitivity is developed to measure earth pressures for civil infrastructures. The new FPS combines a cantilever beam with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors and a flexible membrane. Compared with a traditional pressure transducer with a dual diaphragm design, the proposed FPS has a larger measurement range and shows high accuracy. The working principles, parameter design, fabrication methods, and laboratory calibration tests are explained in this paper. A theoretical solution is derived to obtain the relationship between the applied pressure and strain of the FBG sensors. In addition, a finite element model is established to analyze the mechanical behavior of the membrane and the cantilever beam and thereby obtain optimal parameters. The cantilever beam is 40 mm long, 15 mm wide, and 1 mm thick. The whole FPS has a diameter of 100 mm and a thickness of 30 mm. The sensitivity of the FPS is 0.104 kPa/με. In addition, automatic temperature compensation can be achieved. The FPS’s sensitivity, physical properties, and response to applied pressure are extensively examined through modeling and experiments. The results show that the proposed FPS has numerous potential applications in soil pressure measurement.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/4/932pressure transducersoil pressuresensor designtemperature compensationFiber Bragg grating |
| spellingShingle | Hou-Zhen Wei Dong-Sheng Xu Qing-Shan Meng A Newly Designed Fiber-Optic Based Earth Pressure Transducer with Adjustable Measurement Range Sensors pressure transducer soil pressure sensor design temperature compensation Fiber Bragg grating |
| title | A Newly Designed Fiber-Optic Based Earth Pressure Transducer with Adjustable Measurement Range |
| title_full | A Newly Designed Fiber-Optic Based Earth Pressure Transducer with Adjustable Measurement Range |
| title_fullStr | A Newly Designed Fiber-Optic Based Earth Pressure Transducer with Adjustable Measurement Range |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Newly Designed Fiber-Optic Based Earth Pressure Transducer with Adjustable Measurement Range |
| title_short | A Newly Designed Fiber-Optic Based Earth Pressure Transducer with Adjustable Measurement Range |
| title_sort | newly designed fiber optic based earth pressure transducer with adjustable measurement range |
| topic | pressure transducer soil pressure sensor design temperature compensation Fiber Bragg grating |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/4/932 |
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