Abstract
We demonstrate the application of distributed fiber optic strain sensing based on optical frequency-domain reflectometry for early detection and location of fatigue cracks in welds in steel tubular test specimens. To do so, we have subjected welded tubular specimens instrumented with surface-mounted optical fiber sensors to resonant bending load, and we have measured the strain distributions in the test samples continuously and without any interruption of the test throughout its whole duration, with a 2.6 mm spatial resolution and a 1 με strain resolution. We show that the fatigue cracks, which initiate from the inner surface of the wall of the specimens, can be successfully detected and located in real time using our measurement method. We conclude that the detection of the crack initiation may provide relevant information serving the estimation of the remaining lifetime of the component.
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