Web Flutter Measurement Sensor

Author

Seshadri, Aravind ; Pagilla, Prabhakar R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA

Volume

9

Issue

7

fYear

2009

fDate

7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

834

Lastpage

835

Abstract

A novel sensor to measure web flutter is proposed in this letter. The sensing principle is based on scattering of light and directionally sensitive coupling properties of optical fibers. A linear array of optical fibers, oriented appropriately, is used to collect light scattered from a web. The flutter amplitude is determined by observing the amount of light transmitted by the fibers in the fiber array. Experiments were conducted to demonstrate the ability of the proposed sensing strategy in measuring web flutter with different kinds of web material.

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; light scattering; motion measurement; optical arrays; optical fibre couplers; directionally sensitive coupling; fiber array; flutter amplitude determination; light scattering; light transmission; optical fiber sensor; web flutter measurement sensor; web material; Conducting materials; Light scattering; Manufacturing processes; Optical arrays; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Pulp manufacturing; Sensor arrays; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Fiber-optic sensor; material processing; web flutter; web handling;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2009.2024044

Filename

5073241