Strain prediction and demodulation of a Dual Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric sensor

Author

Joseph Clinton French

Abstract

"This paper discusses a demodulation technique for a Dual Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric (DEFPI) sensor using an artificial neural network (ANN). The DEFPI consists of two Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric sensors that are co-located so that the same strain affects both sensors equally. One issue with a single Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric (EFPI) strain sensor is that the strain range is very limited due to the ambiguous points arising from the non-linear periodic response with respect to strain. The DEFPI sensor system removes most of the ambiguous points. The three-layered ANN proposed consists of 35 input neurons, 15 middle neurons, and one output neuron trained using the gradient decent with momentum training algorithm. The training and testing used theoretical sensor signals from DEFPI sensor sets. The neural network demodulated absolute strain for three sets of co-located DEFPI sensors over an absolute strain range of 1500 microstrain"--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Watkins, Steve Eugene, 1960-

Committee Member(s)

Beetner, Daryl G.
Dagli, Cihan H., 1949-

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Summer 2008

Pagination

x, 79 pages

Rights

© 2008 Joseph Clinton French, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Demodulation (Electronics)
Fabry-Perot interferometers
Neural networks (Computer science)

Thesis Number

T 9402

Print OCLC #

287028528

Link to Catalog Record

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Recommended Citation

French, Joseph Clinton, "Strain prediction and demodulation of a Dual Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric sensor" (2008). Masters Theses. 60.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/60