Optical-based sensors for monitoring corrosion of reinforcement rebar via an etched Cladding Bragg grating

Muhammad Rosdi Abu Hassan, Muhammad Hafiz Abu Bakar, Katrina Dambul, Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the development and testing of an optical-based sensor for monitoring the corrosion of reinforcement rebar. The testing was carried out using an 80% etched-cladding Fibre Bragg grating sensor to monitor the production of corrosion waste in a localized region of the rebar. Progression of corrosion can be sensed by observing the reflected wavelength shift of the FBG sensor. With the presence of corrosion, the etched-FBG reflected spectrum was shifted by 1.0 nm. In addition, with an increase in fringe pattern and continuously, step-like drop in power of the Bragg reflected spectrum was also displayed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15820-15826
Number of pages7
JournalSensors (Switzerland)
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Etched fibre Bragg grating
  • Fibre Bragg grating
  • Optical based corrosion sensor
  • Reinforcement rebar corrosion

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