Editor(s)

Academic Editor: Jinying Zhu

Abstract

Casing pipes in oil well constructions may suddenly buckle inward as their inside and outside hydrostatic pressure difference increases. For the safety of construction workers and the steady development of oil industries, it is critically important to measure the stress state of a casing pipe. This study develops a rugged, real-time monitoring, and warning system that combines the distributed Brillouin Scattering Time Domain Reflectometry (BOTDR) and the discrete fiber Bragg grating (FBG) measurement. The BOTDR optical fiber sensors were embedded with no optical fiber splice joints in a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) rebar and the FBG sensors were wrapped in epoxy resins and glass clothes, both installed during the segmental construction of casing pipes. In situ tests indicate that the proposed sensing system and installation technique can survive the downhole driving process of casing pipes, withstand a harsh service environment, and remain intact with the casing pipes for compatible strain measurements. The relative error of the measured strains between the distributed and discrete sensors is less than 12%. The FBG sensors successfully measured the maximum horizontal principal stress with a relative error of 6.7% in comparison with a cross multipole array acoustic instrument.

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Comments

Financial support to complete this study was provided by National Science Foundation of China under Grant nos. 10672048, 50978079, and 50538020 and by the National Scientific Support Project under Grant nos. 2006BAJ03B05 and 2006BAJ13B03.

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1687-8086

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2010 Hindawi Publishing Corporation, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2010

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