Prediction of Force Measurements of a Microbend Sensor Based on an Artificial Neural Network

Efendioglu H. S., YILDIRIM T., Fidanboylu K.

SENSORS, cilt.9, sa.9, ss.7167-7176, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3390/s90907167
  • Dergi Adı: SENSORS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7167-7176
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: artificial neural networks, fiber optic sensors, microbend sensors, multilayer perceptron, radial basis function, general regression neural network, TEMPERATURE, STRAIN
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Artificial neural network (ANN) based prediction of the response of a microbend fiber optic sensor is presented. To the best of our knowledge no similar work has been previously reported in the literature. Parallel corrugated plates with three deformation cycles, 6 mm thickness of the spacer material and 16 mm mechanical periodicity between deformations were used in the microbend sensor. Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) with different training algorithms, Radial Basis Function (RBF) network and General Regression Neural Network (GRNN) are used as ANN models in this work. All of these models can predict the sensor responses with considerable errors. RBF has the best performance with the smallest mean square error (MSE) values of training and test results. Among the MLP algorithms and GRNN the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm has good results. These models successfully predict the sensor responses, hence ANNs can be used as useful tool in the design of more robust fiber optic sensors.