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Development of a Low Frequency Accelerometer using the Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor

Fiber Bragg Grating 센서를 이용한 저진동 가속도계 개발

  • Pack, In-Seok (Department of Mechanical Engineering, ERI, Gyeongsang National Univ.) ;
  • Kang, Han-Bin (Department of Mechanical Engineering, ERI, Gyeongsang National Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Kye-Kwang (Mirae Industry) ;
  • Lee, Seok-Soon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, ERI, Gyeongsang National Univ.)
  • Received : 2012.02.04
  • Accepted : 2012.08.01
  • Published : 2012.10.01

Abstract

Accelerometers play a key role in the structural assessment. However, the current electric type accelerometers have certain limitations to apply some structures such as heavy cabling labor, installed sea structure and sensitivity to electromagnetic fields. An optical Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) accelerometer has many advantages over conventional electrical sensors since their immunity to electromagnetic interference and their capability to transmit signals over long distance without any additional amplifiers, and there is no corrosion from sea water. In this paper, we have developed a new FBG-based accelerometer. The accelerometer consists of two cantilevered type beams and a mass and two rollers. A bragg grating element is not directly glued to a cantilever to avoid possible non-uniform strain in the element. Instead, the bragg grating element will be attached to rotation part that rolled inducing vertical movement of the mass and support cantilever beams so that the bragg grating element is uniformly tensioned to achieve a constant strain distribution. After manufacturing, we will prove the performance and the natural frequency of the accelerometer through the experiment with a vibration shaker. The FBG-based accelerometer is developed for measuring the vibration not exceeding 50 Hz for the marine and civil structures.

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