A rugged FBG-based pressure sensor for water level monitoring in dikes

Luca Schenato, Juan Pablo Aguilar-Lopez, Andrea Galtarossa, Alessandro Pasuto, Thom Bogaard, Luca Palmieri

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Abstract

This paper describes the implementation of an FBG sensor to measure water levels in a dike. The sensor is based on a 3D-printed mechanical transducer through which the external pressure is converted into longitudinal strain exerted on the fiber. An additional FBG integrated within the sensor measures temperature and is used to compensate for the temperature effects on the first FBG. By employing an aluminum alloy case, the sensor is suitable for operations in harsh environments and rough installation procedures. Four sensors of this kind have been successfully tested on a real scale dike at the Water Proof Holland facility in The Netherlands.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9381888
Pages (from-to)13263-13271
Number of pages9
JournalIEEE Sensors Journal
Volume21
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Bibliographical note

Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

  • Fiber gratings
  • Levee
  • Optical fiber sensors
  • Pressure sensors
  • Sensor systems and applications
  • Sensors
  • Soil
  • Temperature sensors
  • Transducers

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