Abstract
The ability of Brillouin-based fiber-optic sensing to detect damage in a moving cantilever beam is demonstrated. A fully computerized, distributed and high spatial resolution (10cm) Fast-BOTDA interrogator (50 full-beam Brillouin-gain-spectra per second) successfully directly detected an abnormally stiffened (i.e., 'damaged') 20cm long segment in a 6m Aluminum beam, while the beam was in motion. Damage detection was based on monitoring deviations of the measured strain distribution along the beam from that expected in the undamaged case.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sixth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors |
| Editors | Elfed Lewis |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510602199 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 6th European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors - Limerick, Ireland Duration: 31 May 2016 → 3 Jun 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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| Volume | 9916 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1996-756X |
Conference
| Conference | 6th European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors |
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| Country/Territory | Ireland |
| City | Limerick |
| Period | 31/05/16 → 3/06/16 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 SPIE.
Keywords
- Brillouin scattering
- Damage detection
- Fiber optics sensors
- Nonlinear optics
- Structural health monitoring