An investigation into the capability of deformation monitoring using fibre Bragg gratings encapsulated in metallic packages is presented in the paper. The proposed approach relies on a grating inscription into a metal coated fibre and brazing the fibre into a metal capillary using induction heating. A metal rod instrumented with encapsulated FBG strain and temperature sensors is placed in an electromechanical tester and stressed up 80 % of its ultimate tensile strength. It is demonstrated through a 60 h experiment that the sensors are capable of real-time deformation monitoring.

Date Published: 2 June 2014
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 9157, 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 9157A6 (2 June 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2059649

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)