TY - CONF A1 - Schukar, Vivien A1 - Gong, Xin A1 - Hofmann, Detlef A1 - Basedau, Frank A1 - Köppe, Enrico A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Westphal, Anja A1 - Sahre, Mario A1 - Beck, Uwe ED - Berghmans, F. ED - Mignani, A. G. T1 - Modelling and simulation of a fibre Bragg grating strain sensor based on a magnetostrictive actuator principle N2 - A new concept for the self-diagnosis of embedded fiber Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensors was developed, simulated and experimentally tested. This concept is based on a magnetostrictive metallic layer directly coated on the fibre cladding over the grating segment of the FBG sensor, so that an on-demand external magnetic field in a millitesla scale can produce a controllable artificial strain as an indication signal for the remote optical interrogator. The relationship between the pre-defined magnetic field and its induced Bragg wavelength shift characterizes this validation concept. Any deviation of the local bonding state of the interfaces from the initial or/and any change of shear strain transferring mechanism from composite matrix to the optical fibre core will result in alterations in this sensitive relationship, and thus triggers an immediate alert for a further inspection. The finite element method is used to simulate the strain of this configuration as result of different values of the magnetic field in order to optimize the geometrical sensor parameters. The simulations are verified by experiments results. © (2016) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only. T2 - Optical Sensing and Detection IV CY - Brüssel, Belgium DA - 03.04.2016 KW - Fiber Bragg gratings KW - Actuators KW - Modeling and simulation KW - Finite element methods PY - 2016 SN - 9781510601444 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224728 SN - 0277-786X SN - 1996-756X VL - 9899 SP - 9899-39 PB - SPIE Digital Library AN - OPUS4-38634 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -