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This paper reports on the application of distributed Brillouin fiber optic sensing to the monitoring of geotechnical structures. The presented approach to Brillouin sensing offers an alternative to the common pulse-based measurements by using the frequency domain analysis.
The focus of the research and field-testing work is to collect reliable structural health monitoring data from large-scale structures while preserving the System’s versatility in terms of being suitable for different application environments (soil structures, foundations, concrete construction works, pipelines etc.) and its robustness in being well functioning in harsh environments. Upon reviewing the presented application test, it is concluded that Brillouin frequency domain based monitoring, when applied to geotechnical structures, is capable of providing accurate strain readings representing deformations of the soil body, and reliable temperature readings for generating temperature profiles of the entire structure.
An overview of the frequency domain analysis of Brillouin sensing and its digital implementation is given, along with the experiences and insights drawn from an open field test of sensor-equipped geogrid mats.
For long-range measurements in geotechnical and industrial applications, distributed optical fiber sensors have become a tool of increasing importance throughout the past decade.
Classic deformation monitoring (performed by strain gauges etc.) and temperature monitoring (Pt100 and alike) deliver data from fixed, single spots of a structure; quasidistributed measurements (fiber bragg gratings) provide a Chain of discrete measurement points along a limited sensing length. In contrast, an opticai fiber connected to a device for distributed strain and temperature sensing (DTSS) will provide a continuous profile of strain and temperature - spatially resolved down to less than 1 m - over a ränge of several tens of kilometers.
In DTSS measurements, the nonlinear opticai effect of stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) is employed: two light waves with a stable, tunable frequency offset are injected into opposite ends of the sensing fiber, where they will form a beat pattem, at which parts of the light will be scattered. By matching the frequency offset of the light waves to the propagation of acoustic fluctuation in the opticai fiber, a power transfer from one light wave to the other can be measured; since the acoustic propagation directly shifts with train and temperature of the fiber, these two quantities can be measured by tuning the light waves’ frequency offset.