Title
Fiber Bragg Grating Displacement Sensor with High Abrasion Resistance for a Steel Spring Floating Slab Damping Track.
Abstract
This paper presents a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) displacement sensor with high abrasion resistance for displacement monitoring of a steel spring floating slab damping track. A wedge-shaped sliding block and an equal-strength beam form a conversion mechanism to transfer displacement to the deflection of the beam, and the deflection-induced strain is exerted on two FBGs. A special linear guide rail-slider and a precision rolling bearing have been adopted onto the conversion mechanism, which turned sliding friction into rolling friction and thus significantly reduced the friction during frequent alternating displacement measuring. Sensing principle and the corresponding theoretical derivation have been demonstrated. Experiment results show that the sensor has a sensitivity of 34.32 pm/mm and a high resolution of 0.0029 mm within a measurement range of 0 similar to 90 mm. Besides, the sensor has also a good measurement capability for micro-displacement within a range of 0 similar to 3 mm. The repeatability error and hysteresis error are 1.416% and 0.323%, respectively. Good creep resistance and high abrasion resistance for alternating displacement measurement have also been presented by a performance test. These excellent performances satisfy the requirements of high precision and long-term stability in structural health monitoring for machinery equipment and civil engineering, especially in the displacement monitoring of a floating slab damping track.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/s18061899
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Fiber Bragg grating (FBG),displacement sensor,floating slab track,abrasion resistance,structural health monitoring (SHM)
Fiber Bragg grating,Composite material,Slab,Electronic engineering,Engineering,Abrasion (mechanical)
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
18
6.0
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yongxing Guo121.08
Wenlong Liu213.40
Li Xiong300.34
Yi Kuang400.34
Heng Wu532.11
Honghai Liu61974178.69