Research and application of an improved internal thrust force measurement system for rock and soil mass based on OFDR

Autor: Pu Wang, Yimin Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1426-1448 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1947-5705
1947-5713
19475705
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2021.1927859
Popis: Internal thrust force of unstable rock and soil mass is an essential parameter for prediction of many geological hazard. Currently, fiber bragg grating (FBG) and optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) are widely used to measure internal stress of unstable rock and soil mass. However, these methods have disadvantages such as low spatial resolution and the paucity of distributed measurements. This paper develops a quasi-distributed thrust measurement system based on an optical frequency domain reflectometer (OFDR). Firstly, we design an optical fiber stress sensor head using the characteristics of the optical fiber microbending effect. And then, the cubic spline interpolation method is used to compensate for the nonlinear effects of the OFDR. Finally, we implement a laboratory experiment of lateral stress to make error calibration. As a result, the OFDR sensing system achieved a spatial resolution of 20 cm by using a 500 m test fiber, maximum measurement pressure reached 1.059 MPa and relative error is 8.9%. We implemented OFDR in the Chenjiagou landslide located at the Three-Gorge of Chongqing in China. The results showed that this system can accurately locate six fiber stress sensors within the landslide over a range of 0 ∼ 420 m, obtaining the lateral thrusts as well.
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