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ArticlePolymers2021

Distributed Humidity Sensing in Concrete Based on Polymer Optical Fiber.

Xin Lu, Konstantin Hicke, Mathias Breithaupt, Christoph Strangfeld

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors.

Xin LuBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-Prüfung, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1447-3717
Konstantin HickeBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-Prüfung, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7411-8296
Mathias BreithauptBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-Prüfung, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany.
Christoph StrangfeldBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-Prüfung, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2644-7284

Funding

Zentrale Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand ZF4044230RH9
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a preliminary investigation on distributed humidity monitoring during the drying process of concrete based on an embedded polymer optical fiber (POF). The water dissipated into the POF changes several properties of the fiber such as refractive index, scattering coefficient and attenuation factor, which eventually alters the Rayleigh backscattered light. The optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) technique is performed to acquire the backscattered signal at the wavelengths 650 nm and 500 nm, respectively. Experimental results show that the received signal increases at 650 nm while the fiber attenuation factor clearly increases at 500 nm, as the concrete dries out. In the hygroscopic range, the information retrieved from the signal change at 650 nm agrees well with the measurement result of the electrical humidity sensors also embedded in the concrete sample.

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distributed fiber sensorembedded humidity sensorsfiber opticsmaterial moistureoptical time domain reflectometer

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PMID34771309
PMCPMC8588414

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