High-durability and long-scale-distance fiber grating sensor and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9846105-B2
Application number	US-201514945279-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2015
Priority date	Aug 2, 2013
Publication date	Dec 19, 2017
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

A high-durability and long-scale-distance fiber grating sensor and a manufacturing method therefor, which relate to the technical field of fiber grating sensors. A fiber grating is disposed on the middle segment of a commercial optical fiber. A bushing, a woven fiber jacket layer, and a packaging structure are disposed on the periphery of the commercial optical fiber. The commercial optical fiber and the bushing therebetween are fixed by using fixing points in the bushing. Anchoring segments are disposed between the fixing points in the bushing and the woven fiber jacket layer. Two ends of the commercial optical fiber are sequentially connected to optical fibers on the anchoring segments and connecting optical fibers. Tail ends of the connecting optical fibers are connected to a transmission cable by using connecting flanges. By using the apparatus and the manufacturing method, the applicability and the durability of application of the fiber grating sensor in the civil traffic engineering field are improved, thereby providing a stable and reliable apparatus for long-time detection and sound monitoring of large engineering structures in the civil traffic engineering field.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A long gauge Fiber Bragg Grating (LG-FBG) sensor comprising, from interior to exterior, a fiber core comprising: an optical fiber, a protecting layer, and a coating layer, wherein:
a fiber Bragg grating is arranged on a middle segment of the optical fiber;
a protecting layer comprising a bushing, a woven basalt fiber-enhanced jacket layer, and a packaging structure is arranged on the periphery of the optical fiber, and further wherein
the optical fiber is fixed with the bushing via fixing points in the bushing;
anchoring segments are arranged between the fixing points in the bushing and the woven basalt fiber-enhanced jacket layer;
the two ends of the optical fiber are connected with optical fibers on the anchoring segments and connecting optical fibers, respectively; and
the tail ends of connecting optical fibers are connected with a transmission optical cable through connecting flanges.

2. The LG-FBG sensor of claim 1 , wherein the coating layer can be penetrated by a 248 nm excimer laser and can produce the optical gratings for the optical fibers without stripping off the coating layer.

3. The LG-FBG sensor of claim 2 , wherein the bushing contains a filling medium that comprises carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or lubricant grease.

4. The LG-FBG sensor of claim 2 , wherein the optical fiber is wrapped with a sensitizing enhanced packaging segment on its periphery from each of the two ends to the fiber Bragg grating.

5. The LG-FBG sensor of claim 1 , wherein the bushing is filled with a filling medium comprising an inert gas.

6. The LG-FBG sensor of claim 1 , wherein the anchoring segment is anchored with a variable modulus resin, including a low-modulus resin for a head anchoring segment, a moderate-modulus resin for a middle anchoring segment, and a high-modulus resin for a tail anchoring segment.

7. The LG-FBG sensor of claim 1 , wherein the woven basalt fiber-enhanced jacket layer fibers have been pre-tensioned for at least 1 hour under 500-1,000με.

8. The LG-FBG sensor of claim 1 , wherein the optical fiber and optical grating on a long gauge segment thereof are tensioned under 200-300με and then permanently anchored to the two ends of the bushing.

9. The LG-FBG sensor of claim 1 , wherein the bushing is a glass capillary tube, a fine metal tube, or a high-performance polymer tube.

Assignees

• Univ Southeast

Inventors

• Wu Zhishen
• Yang Caiqian
• Sun An
• Hong Wan
• Tang Yongsheng

Classifications

• G01M11/00 Primary

  Testing of optical apparatus; Testing structures by optical methods not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G02B6/02076

  Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings · CPC title

• G01B11/18 Primary

  using photoelastic elements · CPC title

• G01M5/0091

  by using electromagnetic excitation or detection · CPC title

• G01M11/085

  the optical fiber being on or near the surface of the DUT · CPC title