High Temperature Endurable Fiber Optic Accelerometer

This paper presents a low frequency fiber optic accelerometer for application in high temperature environments of civil engineering structures. The reflection-based extrinsic fiber optic accelerometer developed in this study consists of a transmissive grating panel, reflective mirror, and two optica...

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Main Authors: Yeon-Gwan Lee, Jin-Hyuk Kim, Chun-Gon Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/571017
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description This paper presents a low frequency fiber optic accelerometer for application in high temperature environments of civil engineering structures. The reflection-based extrinsic fiber optic accelerometer developed in this study consists of a transmissive grating panel, reflective mirror, and two optical fiber collimators as the transceiver whose function can be maintained up to 130°C. The dynamic characteristics of the sensor probe were investigated and the correlation between the natural frequency of the sensor probe and temperature variation was described and discussed. Furthermore, high temperature simulation equipment was designed for the verification test setup of the developed accelerometer for high temperature. This study was limited to consideration of 130°C applied temperature to the proposed fiber optic accelerometer due to an operational temperature limitation of commercial optical fiber collimator. The sinusoidal low frequency accelerations measured from the developed fiber optic accelerometer at 130°C demonstrated good agreement with that of an MEMS accelerometer measured at room temperature. The developed fiber optic accelerometer can be used in frequency ranges below 5.1 Hz up to 130°C with a margin of error that is less than 10% and a high sensitivity of 0.18 (m/s2)/rad.
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spelling doaj-art-7b36ce695f0043189e864d51d901cb1b2025-02-03T01:13:06ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032014-01-01201410.1155/2014/571017571017High Temperature Endurable Fiber Optic AccelerometerYeon-Gwan Lee0Jin-Hyuk Kim1Chun-Gon Kim2The 1st R and D Institute 2, Agency for Defense Development, P.O. Box 35, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-600, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of KoreaThis paper presents a low frequency fiber optic accelerometer for application in high temperature environments of civil engineering structures. The reflection-based extrinsic fiber optic accelerometer developed in this study consists of a transmissive grating panel, reflective mirror, and two optical fiber collimators as the transceiver whose function can be maintained up to 130°C. The dynamic characteristics of the sensor probe were investigated and the correlation between the natural frequency of the sensor probe and temperature variation was described and discussed. Furthermore, high temperature simulation equipment was designed for the verification test setup of the developed accelerometer for high temperature. This study was limited to consideration of 130°C applied temperature to the proposed fiber optic accelerometer due to an operational temperature limitation of commercial optical fiber collimator. The sinusoidal low frequency accelerations measured from the developed fiber optic accelerometer at 130°C demonstrated good agreement with that of an MEMS accelerometer measured at room temperature. The developed fiber optic accelerometer can be used in frequency ranges below 5.1 Hz up to 130°C with a margin of error that is less than 10% and a high sensitivity of 0.18 (m/s2)/rad.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/571017
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title_full High Temperature Endurable Fiber Optic Accelerometer
title_fullStr High Temperature Endurable Fiber Optic Accelerometer
title_full_unstemmed High Temperature Endurable Fiber Optic Accelerometer
title_short High Temperature Endurable Fiber Optic Accelerometer
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