Design and verification of FBG strain gauge

Abstract

Compared with the traditional electrical resistance strain gauge, the fibre Bragg grating (FBG) is a new material that can be used to produce the strain sensor, which has many advantages such as convenient installation, low temperature drifting, less signal interference and higher transmitted quality. In this study, FBG sensor system configuration, design principle, numerical simulation and loading tests for the FBG strain gauge are expatiated extensively. At the last, one-axial and three-axial strain gauges are produced and some conclusions have been put forward. So the FBG strain gauge can meet the precision of the structure monitoring and replace the traditional sensors.

Keywords

• strain measurement
• fibre optic sensors
• strain gauges
• strain sensors
• bragg gratings
• condition monitoring
• fbg strain gauge
• traditional electrical resistance strain gauge
• strain sensor
• fbg sensor system configuration
• one-axial
• three-axial strain gauges