发明授权
- 专利标题: Seismic activity monitor based on optical fiber Bragg gratings
- 专利标题(中): 基于光纤布拉格光栅的地震活动监测器
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申请号: US10985077申请日: 2004-11-02
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公开(公告)号: US07122783B1公开(公告)日: 2006-10-17
- 发明人: Robert A. Pastore, Jr. , John A. Kosinski , Hong-Liang Cui , Yan Zhang , Zhifan Yin , Bingquan Chen
- 申请人: Robert A. Pastore, Jr. , John A. Kosinski , Hong-Liang Cui , Yan Zhang , Zhifan Yin , Bingquan Chen
- 申请人地址: US DC Washington
- 专利权人: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- 当前专利权人: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- 当前专利权人地址: US DC Washington
- 代理商 Michael Zelenka; George B. Tereschuk
- 主分类号: G01J1/04
- IPC分类号: G01J1/04 ; G01J1/42 ; G01J5/08 ; G01J4/00
摘要:
Fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) seismic activity sensors coupled in sensor arrays provide increased sensitivity to seismic activities, lower strain values and an absence of EMI allowing detection of troop and vehicle movements based on ground vibrations generating seismic signals. The FBG sensor head features a spring-mass configuration with a head surface, fiber optic cable and the FBG sensor attached to a spring that stretches during the acceleration of the mass. Waves propagating inside the earth and along the ground arriving at the sensor locations cause movement of the seismic activity sensors embedded in the ground and this movement induces an acceleration-dependent change in the FBG gratings placed on the sensors. In multiple sensor configurations, the cable will be connected to the other sensors in the network. FBG sensors, sensor arrays and sensor methods are provided in several embodiments.