TY - CONF A1 - Venugopalan, T. A1 - Yeo, T. L. A1 - Basedau, Frank A1 - Henke, Anna-Sophia A1 - Sun, T. A1 - Grattan, K.T.V. A1 - Habel, Wolfgang T1 - Evaluation and calibration of FBG-based relative humidity sensor designed for structural health monitoring T2 - Proceedings of SPIE 7503 N2 - In this paper, the evaluation and testing of a fibre optic relative humidity sensor specifically designed for structural health monitoring is discussed in detail. The sensor is based on a polymer coated Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) where with the increase of the moisture level, the polymer coating swells and thus applies strain to the FBG, causing a Bragg wavelength shift. The device is designed so that the temperature effect on the humidity sensor can be compensated by the inclusion of a second un-coated FBG packaged inside the same sensor probe. The sensor thus produced has been tested extensively and calibrated using both a humidity chamber and standard salt solutions. The probe has demonstrated a very good performance for relative humidity measurements. PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835611 SN - 0277-786X SN - 0038-7355 SN - 0361-0748 VL - 7503 SP - 750310-1 - 750310-5 PB - VDE-Verl. CY - Berlin ; Offenbach AN - OPUS4-20109 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -