Title
Using Custom Fiber Bragg Grating-Based Sensors to Monitor Artificial Landslides.
Abstract
Four custom fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-based sensors are developed to monitor an artificial landslide located in Nanjing, China. The sensors are composed of a rod and two FBGs. Based on the strength of the rods, two sensors are referred to as hard sensors (Sensor 1 and Sensor 2), the other two are referred to as soft sensors (Sensor 3 and Sensor 4). The two FBGs are fixed on each sensor rod at distances of 50 cm and 100 cm from the top of the rod (an upper FBG and a lower FBG). In the experiment presented in this paper, the sensors are installed on a slope on which an artificial landslide is generated through both machine-based and manual excavation. The fiber sensing system consists of the four custom FBG-based sensors, optical fiber, a static fiber grating demodulation instrument (SM125), and a PC with the necessary software. Experimental data was collected in the presence of an artificial landslide, and the results show that the lower FBGs are more sensitive than the upper FBGs for all four of the custom sensors. It was also found that Sensor 2 and Sensor 4 are more capable of monitoring small-scale landslides than Sensor 1 and Sensor 3, and this is mainly due to their placement location with respect to the landslide. The stronger rods used in the hard sensors make them more adaptable to the harsh environments of large landslides. Thus, hard sensors should be fixed near the landslide, while soft sensors should be placed farther away from the landslide. In addition, a clear tendency of strain variation can be detected by the soft sensors, which can be used to predict landslides and raise a hazard alarm.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.3390/s16091417
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
artificial landslide,FBG,sensors,monitor
Demodulation,Optical fiber,Sensing system,Fiber Bragg grating,Remote sensing,Landslide,Engineering,Fiber gratings,Rod
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
16
9.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.46
1
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Qing-hua Zhang1376.99
Yuan Wang221.47
Yangyang Sun320.46
Lei Gao430.84
Zhenglin Zhang520.46
Wenyuan Zhang620.46
Pengchong Zhao720.46
Yin Yue820.46