An algorithm to optimize the optical sensor design for tip clearance and tip timing measurements

Gorka Zubia; Josu Amorebieta; Joseba Zubia; Gaizka Durana

doi:10.1117/12.2624373

17 May 2022 An algorithm to optimize the optical sensor design for tip clearance and tip timing measurements

Gorka Zubia, Josu Amorebieta, Joseba Zubia, Gaizka Durana

Proceedings Volume 12139, Optical Sensing and Detection VII; 121390O (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2624373
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2022, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

In this work, an algorithm for the optimization of the design of an optical fiber bundle displacement sensor for Tip Clearance and Tip Timing measurements is presented. The former is based on the gaussian beam mathematical approach, and implements a fiber arrangement comprised of a transmitting single-mode fiber and two concentric rings of receiving multimode fibers. The software includes a graphical user interface that allows modifying relevant geometrical parameters of the sensor and fiber characteristics, and enables monitoring in real time the effects of such modifications. Results indicate that in order to achieve the most sensitive design with the largest operating range, the key parameters are the gain configuration, the distance between the receiving fiber rings and the radii of receiving fibers, and that the best fitting sensor configuration is a tradeoff among the aforementioned characteristics as it is heavily dependent on the measurement constraints. The results obtained by the simulation tool were validated in good agreement with the calibration curve of the manufactured optical fiber bundle displacement sensor in a scaled rotor.

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Gorka Zubia, Josu Amorebieta, Joseba Zubia, and Gaizka Durana "An algorithm to optimize the optical sensor design for tip clearance and tip timing measurements", Proc. SPIE 12139, Optical Sensing and Detection VII, 121390O (17 May 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2624373

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