Fibre-optic sensor for measuring a physical quantity

Fibre-optic sensor for measuring a physical quantity, such as a pressure, force, acceleration or tilt, comprising: - an optical fibre comprising at least a first measurement section for measuring a strain in said optical fibre; - a first structural member and a second structural member, wherein said...

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Hauptverfasser:	GERMÁN ENRIQUE KNOPPERS, ERIC MEIJER, BASTIAAN MEULBLOK
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT MEASURING MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT MEASURING TEMPERATURE NAVIGATION PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS SURVEYING TARIFF METERING APPARATUS TESTING THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	Fibre-optic sensor for measuring a physical quantity, such as a pressure, force, acceleration or tilt, comprising: - an optical fibre comprising at least a first measurement section for measuring a strain in said optical fibre; - a first structural member and a second structural member, wherein said optical fibre is connected to a first fibre connection section of the first structural member and is connected to a second fibre connection section of the second structural member, wherein said first and second fibre connection sections are arranged on opposite sides of the first measurement section, such that at least said first measurement section is suspended between said first and second fibre connection sections; - wherein at least one of the first and second structural members is movable relative to the other of the first and second structural members in at least a first direction that is substantially parallel to the optical fibre that is suspended between said first and second fibre connection sections for measuring the relative movement between the first and a second structural members, wherein the one of the first and second structural members is arranged to move in dependence of the physical quantity that is measured; and - wherein said first structural member is made from a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion and said second structural member is made from a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from said first coefficient of thermal expansion, such that a temperature induced strain in said optical fibre due to a temperature change is reduced.