16 July 2014 Open pit slope deformation monitoring by fiber Bragg grating sensors
Guoquan Xu, Daiyu Xiong, Yun Duan, Xiaoshuang Cao
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Abstract
With microstrain resolution and the capability to sample at rates of 2000 Hz or higher, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensor offers exciting new possibilities for in situ deformation monitoring induced by blasting load in an open pit slope. Here, we are developing a new technology for measuring deformation in real time on the microstrain in an open pit slope during the blasting. A fiber optically instrumented rock mass strain sensor measured strain at 100-cm intervals along a two anchor rock bolt grouted in the slope intact rock mass. In field testing, a number of transient signals have been observed, which in some cases were large enough to trigger rapid sampling. The combination of short- and long-term observation offers new insight into the slope stability and blasting cumulative effects. Therefore, FBG sensors are a useful tool for measuring in situ strain in intact rock masses.
© 2015 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 0091-3286/2015/$25.00 © 2015 SPIE
Guoquan Xu, Daiyu Xiong, Yun Duan, and Xiaoshuang Cao "Open pit slope deformation monitoring by fiber Bragg grating sensors," Optical Engineering 54(1), 011003 (16 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.1.011003
Published: 16 July 2014
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KEYWORDS
Fiber Bragg gratings

Sensors

Fiber optics

Fiber optics sensors

Fiber optics tests

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