Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 13, Issue 4, 254(2017)

An FBG impact location system based on broadband light source and improved TDoA algorithm

1 PANG Dan-dan1、*, 2 SUI Qing-mei2, Ming WANG1, Dong-mei GUO3, and Yao-zhang SAI2
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  • 1Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Buildings Technology, School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
  • 2School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
  • 3School of Traffic Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
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    When a structure material is damaged by impact events, the reliability and lifetime of the material will be severely affected. So impact location is considered as the prime approach for structural health and damage monitoring. In this study, a novel fiber Bragg grating (FBG) impact location system based on broadband light source is designed, aiming at the shortcoming of existing location systems based on FBG. An improved localization algorithm based on the time difference of arrival (TDoA) is proposed for impact location. According to this algorithm, the impact position can be accurately predicted without wave velocity. Impact planar location experiments are carried out for verification of the FBG impact location system and algorithm on a 400 mm×400 mm×3 mm aluminum alloy plate. The resulted locating error shows high precision and good stability of the proposed system.

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    PANG Dan-dan 1, SUI Qing-mei 2, WANG Ming, GUO Dong-mei, SAI Yao-zhang. An FBG impact location system based on broadband light source and improved TDoA algorithm[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2017, 13(4): 254

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    Paper Information

    Received: Feb. 21, 2017

    Accepted: Apr. 5, 2017

    Published Online: Sep. 13, 2018

    The Author Email: 1 PANG Dan-dan (pangdan@163.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-017-7038-1

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