Design of optical fiber Bragg grating-based sensors for flow measurement in pipes

Abstract

AbstractIn this work, optical Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors were used to measure water flow in pipes. Several types of coatings were incorporated into the design of the sensors to examine their effects on the elastic strain that the fiber underwent as a result of the water flow. ANSYS-CFX V2020 R2 software was used to model the elastic strain encountered by the fiber under various flow rates in order to assess the performance of the FBG sensors. The calculations and experimental data exhibited good convergence, demonstrating the accuracy of the FBG sensors in determining water flow. These calculations and procedures can be extrapolated to any other fluid.

Keywords

• Fiber Bragg grating
• optical fiber sensor
• coatings
• Young’s modulus
• elastic strain measurement
• flow measurement