Stationary Wavelet Transform Method for Distributed Detection of Damage by Fiber-Optic Sensors

AbstractBrillouin scattering–based fiber-optic sensors have been used in a number of applications, including monitoring of pipelines and well-casing damage in the oil and gas industry. The major attribute of these sensors is their capability for distributed sensing of strains along large sections of structures. For these reasons, Brillouin-based fiber-optic sensors have great potential for civil structural applications, such as in bridges. This study reports the investigation of the Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometer for assessing damage in structural members. The primary advantage in using the Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometer is the single-fiber installation and multidamage-detection capability for the entire structure. The challenge in using a Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometer for detection of localized damage is to overcome the effects of system noise and Brillouin frequency-peak shift distortions. The compound effects of noise and frequency-peak distortions result in disp...

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