ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Micro-Surface Crack Detections Based on BOTDA.
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Abstract
Micro-surface crack detection is important for the health monitoring of civil structures. The present literature review shows that micro-surface cracks can be detected by the Brillouin scattering process in optical fibers. However, the existing reports focus on experiment research. The comparison between theory and experiment for Brillouin-scattering-based optical sensors is rarely reported. In this paper, a distributed optical fiber sensor for monitoring micro-surface cracks is presented and demonstrated. In the simulation, by using finite element methods, an assemblage of a three-dimensional beam model for Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) was built. The change in Brillouin frequency (distributed strain) as a function of different cracks was numerically investigated. Simulation results indicate that the amplitudes of the Brillouin peak increase from 27 με to 140 με when the crack opening displacement (COD) is enlarged from 0.002 mm to 0.009 mm. The experiment program was designed to evaluate the cracks in a beam with the length of 15 m. Experimental results indicate that it is possible to detect the COD in the length of 0.002~0.009 mm, which is consistent with the simulation data. The limitations of the proposed sensing method are discussed, and the future research direction is prospected.
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