Research Article
A High Precision Fiber Bragg Grating Inclination Sensor for Slope Monitoring
Table 1
Materials and parameters of the FBG inclination sensor.
| Name | Parameter | Material |
| Effective length of optical fiber l | 20 mm | Quartz | Optical fiber (FBG) radius R | 0.0625 mm | Optical fiber (FBG) elastic modulus E | 70 Gpa | Pendulum volume | 22×24×47 mm | Lead | Pendulum gravity G | 2.8 N | The turning radius of the optical fiber r | 5 mm | | The turning radius of the pendulum r’ | 31.5 mm | | FBG inclination sensor length | 90 mm | Stainless steel | The theoretic sensitivity of the FBG inclination sensor S | 400.4 pm/° | |
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