Fiber Bragg grating sensors have been constantly researched for the last ten years and have finally begun to find use in the commercial market. However, one of the major factors limiting their widespread use is their system cost. Their lightweight, flexibility, electromagnetic immunity, and small size make fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors feasible in hostile environments where electrical and mechanical sensors may not function effectively. These sensor systems utilize moderately expensive light sources and detectors at telecommunication wavelengths of 1300 nm and 1550 nm. These are the center wavelengths of the mass-produced FBGs and FBG phase masks. This thesis addresses the development of a lower cost short wavelength fiber Bragg grating strain sensor system using gratings written at 790 nm and 850 nm with the modified phase mask method recently developed at Oregon State University. Short wavelength gratings allow the use of less expensive semiconductor sources and silicon detectors, greatly reducing the overall cost of a strain sensor system from approximately $1600 for a 1300 nm system to $1000 for a 790 nm system. First, the fundamental properties and historical background of fiber Bragg gratings were reviewed. Followed by a literature review of the structures, fabrication methods, and applications of FBGs including sensor applications. The design, manufacture, and assembly of the new short wavelength strain sensor system were described including the production of pigtailed super-luminescent edge emitting light emitting diodes (SELED) from commercial laser diodes, a fiber recoater, and multiple attempts to write a fiber Bragg grating in the 750-850 nm wavelength region. Finally, the short wavelength strain sensor system was compared with a 1300 nm strain sensor detailing the potential cost savings with the short wavelength system. / Graduation date: 2003

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-206). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (PhD) - Swinburne University of Technology, School of Engineering and Science, 2006. / A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Engineering and Science, Swinburne University of Technology, 2006. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-138).

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-123). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-93). Also available via the Internet.

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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 23-26, 2000 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California / This presentation summarizes a study characterizing strain gages and pressure transducers used to measure the fluid pressure within aircraft hydraulic lines. A series of laboratory calibrations and finite element analyses was performed to demonstrate the quality of data from both pressure transducers and strain gages under variations in both temperature and external strains on the hydraulic lines. Strain gages showed a marked susceptibility to external strains on hydraulic lines, and wide variations in susceptibility to temperature changes. Pressure transducers were found to be relatively immune to both conditions. It is recommended that strain gages be used for trend data only.

ITC/USA 2005 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-First Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 24-27, 2005 / Riviera Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / This paper is about the installation of the instrumentation system and the strain gages on an E-2C Hawkeye for the Advanced Hawkeye Loads Risk Reduction project. Background information on why this project came about will be given. Explanations on why the existing instrumentation system was modified to the current system will be presented. Anthony Cullison (co-author of this paper) will explain the installation of the strain gages.

Tilt and strain meters were installed on the Portland State University campus in the summer of 1982 and data was collected for 4 months. Instrument selection, operation, installation and performance are discussed. Suggestions that could enhance data quality and data collection efficiency are presented. An analysis procedure is suggested and an example of this procedure for an interval of data is discussed. The influence of the temperature, pressure, rainfall and solid earth tides on the signal is investigated, as well as the correlation between similar channels of the different tilt instruments. The temperature, rainfall and solid earth tides were all determined to have an influence on the instruments. A statistical test of the influence of the barometric pressure on the signal revealed no significant influence. A very low correlation between similar components of the different tilt instruments was observed aside from their thermal dependence. It was concluded that in order to obtain high quality data for the use in quantitative calculations, the temperature influence on the raw record must be minimized.