Fiber Bragg grating sensored segmented deflectometer for...

Radiant energy – Photocells; circuits and apparatus – Optical or pre-photocell system

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C073S784000

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07388190

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a monitoring device mainly for sensing ground displacement, including the fiber Bragg grating sensored deflectometer and the signal interrogator/computer system. The device uses a segmented design that consists of a flexible tube (referred to as the flexible segment) and two rigid segments and thus referred to as the double hinged FBG segmented deflectometer (DH-FBG-SD). For field installation, multiple DH-FBG-SD units are connected together to form a string as it is inserted into a grouted-in-place inclinometer casing. The distortion of the inclinometer casing induced by ground movement causes relative rotation of the inserted DH-FBG-SD. All of the DH-FBG-SD units are connected to an FBG interrogator/computer system situated on ground surface. The FBG signals are recorded and analyzed by the interrogator/computer system.

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