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Laser interferometry to evaluate the performance of local displacement transducers

Laser interferometry to evaluate the performance of local displacement transducers
Laser interferometry to evaluate the performance of local displacement transducers
The authors have developed a Fabry-Pérot laser interferometer system for displacement measurement, which is compact and can be used as a stand-alone local strain measuring system. Interferometry operates on the principle of interference of a coherent light source and therefore provides an absolute standard of measurement. The purpose of this development is to investigate the extent of the linear-elastic range of geomaterials in triaxial stress space, and to obtain values of stiffness which can subsequently be compared with those obtained in other ways, both in the laboratory (using resonant column or bender elements) and in the field (using field geophysical techniques). The interferometer is also suitable as a high-accuracy instrument for calibration of other linear displacement transducers. This paper describes the instrument configuration and evaluates the performance of a commercial LVDT calibrated against the interferometer.
deformation, stiffness, laboratory equipment, laboratory tests
0016-8505
399-405
Heymann, G.
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Clayton, C.R.I.
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Reed, G.T.
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Clayton, C.R.I.
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Heymann, G., Clayton, C.R.I. and Reed, G.T. (1997) Laser interferometry to evaluate the performance of local displacement transducers. Géotechnique, 47 (3), 399-405. (doi:10.1680/geot.1997.47.3.399).

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Abstract

The authors have developed a Fabry-Pérot laser interferometer system for displacement measurement, which is compact and can be used as a stand-alone local strain measuring system. Interferometry operates on the principle of interference of a coherent light source and therefore provides an absolute standard of measurement. The purpose of this development is to investigate the extent of the linear-elastic range of geomaterials in triaxial stress space, and to obtain values of stiffness which can subsequently be compared with those obtained in other ways, both in the laboratory (using resonant column or bender elements) and in the field (using field geophysical techniques). The interferometer is also suitable as a high-accuracy instrument for calibration of other linear displacement transducers. This paper describes the instrument configuration and evaluates the performance of a commercial LVDT calibrated against the interferometer.

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Published date: June 1997
Keywords: deformation, stiffness, laboratory equipment, laboratory tests
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Civil Engineering & the Environment

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Local EPrints ID: 74534
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/74534
ISSN: 0016-8505
PURE UUID: e2b2b574-f589-4a01-989c-134327f1bf5d
ORCID for C.R.I. Clayton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0071-8437

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:43

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Author: G. Heymann
Author: C.R.I. Clayton ORCID iD
Author: G.T. Reed

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