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In the past few decades, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors have gained a lot of attention in the field of distributed point strain measurement. One of the most interesting properties of these sensors is the presumed linear relationship between the strain and the peak wavelength shift of the FBG reflected spectra. However, subjecting sensors to a non-uniform stress field will in general result in a strain estimation error when using this linear relationship. In this paper, we propose a new strain estimation algorithm that accurately estimates the mean strain value in the case of smooth non-uniform strain distributions. To do so, we first introduce an approximation of the classical transfer matrix model, which we will refer to as the approximated transfer matrix model. This model facilitates the analysis of FBG reflected spectra under arbitrary strain distributions, particularly, by providing a closed-form approximation of the side lobes of the reflected spectra. Based on this new formulation, we derive a maximum likelihood estimator of the mean strain value. The algorithm is validated using both computer simulations and experimental FBG measurements. Compared to state-of-the-art methods, which typically introduce errors of tens of microstrains, the proposed method is able to compensate for this error. In the typical examples that were analyzed in this study, mean strain errors of around 60 &#x03BC;&#x03B5; were compensated.

Calculation of the Mean Strain of Smooth Non-Uniform Strain Fields Using Conventional FBG Sensors