Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 6557: Enhanced Digital Gradient Sensing Using Backlight Digital Speckle Target

Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 6557: Enhanced Digital Gradient Sensing Using Backlight Digital Speckle Target
Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20226557
Authors:
Baofei Fu
Chenzhuo Li
Bo Dong
Pan Ou

Digital gradient sensing (DGS) is a non-contact and full-field optical measurement technique, which assesses mechanical behaviors of transparent materials or specular structures by measuring angular deflections of light rays. However, owing to the poor light-gathering capability of its imaging system, the dynamic performance of DGS is heavily restricted. Here, a method of enhancing the dynamic performance of DGS by improving its speckle target is proposed. The method employs the technique of backlight illumination, which significantly increases the utilization efficiency of light, shortens the exposure time, and enhances the dynamic performance of DGS. Additionally, it also uses the optimized digital speckle pattern to improve the measurement precision and accuracy. For validation, a comparison experiment was conducted, proving that the proposed method can improve the utilization efficiency of light by about 80 times and improve the quality of the speckle images by about 40%. Real tests, including a uniaxial tension test using transmission-mode DGS (t-DGS) and a three-point bending test using reflection-mode DGS (r-DGS), were also carried out, showing the efficacy and high compatibility of the proposed backlight digital speckle target. In summary, this simple method greatly improves th...

Source: Sensors - November 17, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Baofei Fu Chenzhuo Li Bo Dong Pan Ou Tags: Article Source Type: research