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Microstructured optical fiber Bragg grating-based strain and temperature sensing in the concrete buffer of the Belgian supercontainer concept
Author(s): Thomas Geernaert; Sanne Sulejmani; Camille Sonnenfeld; Geert Luyckx; Karima Chah; Lou Areias; Pawel Mergo; Waclaw Urbanczyk; Philippe Van Marcke; Erik Coppens; Hugo Thienpont; Francis Berghmans
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Paper Abstract

We present the use of microstructured optical fiber Bragg grating-based sensors for strain and temperature monitoring inside the concrete buffer of the Belgian supercontainer concept, demonstrated in a half-scale test in 2013. This test incorporated several optical fiber sensors inside the concrete buffer for production and condition monitoring. The optical fiber sensors presented here consist of small carbon-reinforced composite plates in which highly birefringent Butterfly microstructured optical fibers, equipped with fiber Bragg gratings, were embedded. The double reflection spectrum of these MOFGBs allows to simultaneously monitor strain and temperature, as confirmed by comparison with data obtained from thermocouples and vibrating-wire sensors installed near the MOFBGs.

Paper Details

Date Published: 2 June 2014
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 9157, 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 915777 (2 June 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2059369
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Thomas Geernaert, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)
Sanne Sulejmani, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)
Camille Sonnenfeld, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)
Geert Luyckx, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Karima Chah, Univ. de Mons (Belgium)
Lou Areias, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)
EIG EURIDICE (Belgium)
Pawel Mergo, Marie Curie-Sklodowska Univ. (Poland)
Waclaw Urbanczyk, Wroclaw Univ. of Technology (Poland)
Philippe Van Marcke, ONDRAF/NIRAS (Belgium)
Erik Coppens, ONDRAF/NIRAS (Belgium)
Hugo Thienpont, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)
Francis Berghmans, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9157:
23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
José M. López-Higuera; Julian D. C. Jones; Manuel López-Amo; José Luis Santos, Editor(s)

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