Novel Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing Structure for Simultaneous Measurement of Inclination and Water Level

In the context of significant climate change, monitoring inclination, water levels, and temperatures in public buildings and surrounding environments is sensible. This paper presents a pair of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) subsidence sensor systems designed to simultaneously measure tilt and water level...

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Main Authors: Cheng-Kai Yao, Yao-Jen Chung, Yong-Chang Xu, Pradeep Kumar, Peng-Chun Peng
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/9/4819
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Yong-Chang Xu
Pradeep Kumar
Peng-Chun Peng
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description In the context of significant climate change, monitoring inclination, water levels, and temperatures in public buildings and surrounding environments is sensible. This paper presents a pair of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) subsidence sensor systems designed to simultaneously measure tilt and water levels and explore the system’s potential to detect temperature variations. The configuration of the FBG subsidence sensor is intentionally skewed to enhance measurement sensitivity. The system is capable of concurrently detecting a 0.5 cm variation in water level and a 0.424° change in tilt, with tilt measurements spanning from −1.696° to 1.696°. Furthermore, the measurement system can be integrated with free-space optics (FSO), which is anticipated to address the challenges associated with installing fiber optic cables. Consequently, the proposed innovative FBG sensor system can measure multiple parameters using fewer sensors, thereby improving sensing capacity and cost-efficiency.
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spelling doaj-art-3408599a24f448f5adf2d5f2337b630c2025-08-20T03:52:56ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-04-01159481910.3390/app15094819Novel Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing Structure for Simultaneous Measurement of Inclination and Water LevelCheng-Kai Yao0Yao-Jen Chung1Yong-Chang Xu2Pradeep Kumar3Peng-Chun Peng4Department of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanIn the context of significant climate change, monitoring inclination, water levels, and temperatures in public buildings and surrounding environments is sensible. This paper presents a pair of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) subsidence sensor systems designed to simultaneously measure tilt and water levels and explore the system’s potential to detect temperature variations. The configuration of the FBG subsidence sensor is intentionally skewed to enhance measurement sensitivity. The system is capable of concurrently detecting a 0.5 cm variation in water level and a 0.424° change in tilt, with tilt measurements spanning from −1.696° to 1.696°. Furthermore, the measurement system can be integrated with free-space optics (FSO), which is anticipated to address the challenges associated with installing fiber optic cables. Consequently, the proposed innovative FBG sensor system can measure multiple parameters using fewer sensors, thereby improving sensing capacity and cost-efficiency.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/9/4819fiber Bragg gratinginclination sensingwater level sensingfree-space optics
spellingShingle Cheng-Kai Yao
Yao-Jen Chung
Yong-Chang Xu
Pradeep Kumar
Peng-Chun Peng
Novel Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing Structure for Simultaneous Measurement of Inclination and Water Level
Applied Sciences
fiber Bragg grating
inclination sensing
water level sensing
free-space optics
title Novel Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing Structure for Simultaneous Measurement of Inclination and Water Level
title_full Novel Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing Structure for Simultaneous Measurement of Inclination and Water Level
title_fullStr Novel Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing Structure for Simultaneous Measurement of Inclination and Water Level
title_full_unstemmed Novel Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing Structure for Simultaneous Measurement of Inclination and Water Level
title_short Novel Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing Structure for Simultaneous Measurement of Inclination and Water Level
title_sort novel fiber bragg grating sensing structure for simultaneous measurement of inclination and water level
topic fiber Bragg grating
inclination sensing
water level sensing
free-space optics
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/9/4819
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