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http://dx.doi.org/10.5050/KSNVN.2006.16.11.1172

On-line Strain Measurement of Rotating Blade Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors and Beam Coupler  

Lee, In-Jae ((주)신도리코 기술연구소)
Lee, Jong-Min (한국과학기술연구원 트라이볼로지연구센터)
Lee, Sang-Bae (한국과학기술원 광기술연구센터)
Hwang, Yo-Ha (한국과학기술연구원 트라이볼로지연구센터)
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Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering / v.16, no.11, 2006 , pp. 1172-1178 More about this Journal
Abstract
Measurement of blade strain with sensors directly installed on the blade has one critical issue, how to send the sensor signal to the ground. Strain-gauges have been dominantly used to directly measure stress of a blade and either a slip ring or a telemetry system has to be used to send measured signal to the ground. However, both systems have many inherent problems and sometimes very severe limitations to be practically used. In this paper, new on-line strain monitoring method using. FBG(Fiber Bragg Grating) sensors and a beam coupler is introduced. Measurement of rotor stress using FBG sensors is nothing new, but unlike other system which installs all necessary instruments on the rotor and use telemetry system to send data to the ground, this system makes use of light's unique characteristic - light travels through space. In this new approach, single optical fiber with many FBG sensors is installed on the blade and all other necessary instruments can be installed at ground thereby giving tremendous advantages over slip ring or telemetry system. A reference sensor is also introduced to compensate the beam coupler's transmission loss change due to rotation. The suggested system's good performance is demonstrated with experiments.
Keywords
Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor; Beam Coupler; Rotating Blade;
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