Optical fiber Bragg grating-based pressure sensor for soil monitoring applications

Mohd Sa’ad, Muhammad Syamil and Ahmad, Harith B. and Alias, Mohamad Ashraff and Zaini, Muhammad Khairol Annuar and Samion, Muhamad Zharif and Grattan, Kenneth T. V. and Rahman, B. M. Azizur and Brambilla, Gilberto and Lim, Kok Sing and Harun, Sulaiman Wadi and Bayang, Leonard and Reduan, Siti Aisyah and Thambiratnam, Kavintheran and Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani and Ismail, Mohammad Faizal (2023) Optical fiber Bragg grating-based pressure sensor for soil monitoring applications. Optical Engineering, 62 (8). ISSN 0091-3286 E-ISSN 1560-2303

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Abstract

An optical-based pressure sensor for a 150 × 150 mm surface was designed and fabricated. The sensor utilizes a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) attached to a 30 × 30 × 30 mm actuator as the pressure sensing mechanism. The middle section of the actuator, which is circular, can bend into an elliptical form and, in the process, pull the FBGP via both ends when force or pressure is applied, thus converting the pressure applied to its surface into a wavelength shift. In laboratory testing, a sensitivity of 0.152 nm∕kPa was obtained. Subsequently, the pressure sensor was tested in the field by burying it 20 cm underground to measure soil pressure, while another FBG was spliced in series to the FBGP to compensate for temperature variations. Testing shows that the proposed design can realize a compact optical-based pressure sensor with enhanced soil monitoring applications such as dynamic soil pressure caused by soil movement.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	10967/108205
Uncontrolled Keywords:	fiber Bragg gratings, fiber Bragg grating sensors, ground movement, soil pressure, pressure sensor
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Physics
Depositing User:	Ts. Dr. Kavintheran Thambiratnam
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2024 17:10
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2024 09:04
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/108205

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