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이종 광섬유 센서 데이터 융합을 통한 변형률 정확도 향상 기법

Multi-fidelity Data-fusion for Improving Strain accuracy using Optical Fiber Sensors

  • Park, Young-Soo (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Jin, Seung-Seop (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Yoo, Chul-Hwan (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Kim, Sungtae (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Park, Young-Hwan (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
  • 투고 : 2020.09.02
  • 심사 : 2020.09.24
  • 발행 : 2020.12.01

초록

노후화 시설물의 증가에 따라 선제적 유지관리의 중요성은 점차 증대되고 있다. 선제적 유지관리는 시설물의 응답 계측으로부터 시작되기 때문에 높은 정밀도를 가지는 응답을 획득하는 것이 중요하다. 국부적인 응답 중 변형률은 균열 감지 및 피로 진전 예측 등에 활용가능하다. 변형률 센서는 크게 이산형 및 분포형 센서로 구분된다. 이산형 센서의 대표적인 예가 광섬유 브래그 격자(FBG)와 전기 저항식 게이지이다. 이산형 센서는 높은 정확성과 재현성(고 정밀)을 가지지만, 측정점이 제한된다는 한계를 가진다. 브릴루앙 산란 기반 광섬유 변형률 계측 시스템 중 하나인 Brillouin Optical Correlation Domain Analysis (BOCDA)은 대표적인 분포형 센서이며, 5 cm 라는 높은 공간 분해능을 가진다. BOCDA는 투영된 광원에서 발생하는 산란파를 이용하여 광섬유 전 구간의 변형률을 계측한다. 측정점이 많아지는 장점이 있으나, 이산형 센서에 낮은 정확도와 재현성을 가진다. 본 연구에서는 고 정밀 데이터(이산형 센서)와 저 정밀 데이터(분포형 센서) 각각의 장점을 융합하는 후처리 기법을 제안하였으며, 이에 대한 가능성을 검증 실험을 통해 확인했다.

As aging infrastructures increase along with time, the efficient maintenance becomes more significant and accurate responses from the sensors are pre-requisite. Among various responses, strain is commonly used to detect damage such as crack and fatigue. Optical fiber sensor is one of the promising sensing techniques to measure strains with high-durability, immunity for electrical noise, long transmission distance. Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) is a point sensor to measure the strain based on reflected signals from the grating, while Brillouin Optic Correlation Domain Analysis (BOCDA) is a distributed sensor to measure the strain along with the optical fiber based on scattering signals. Although the FBG provides the signal with high accuracy and reproducibility, the number of sensing points is limited. On the other hand, the BOCDA can measure a quasi-continuous strain along with the optical fiber. However, the measured signals from BOCDA have low accuracy and reproducibility. This paper proposed a multi-fidelity data-fusion method based on Gaussian Process Regression to improve the fidelity of the strain distribution by fusing the advantages of both systems. The proposed method was evaluated by laboratory test. The result shows that the proposed method is promising to improve the fidelity of the strain.

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