Abstract:Safe detection and early warning of abnormal vibrations in subway tunnels is an important guarantee for ensuring the safe operation of the subway. In this paper, a high-sensitivity membrane F-P fiber interferometric sensor and the sensor based quasi-distributed fiber optic detection system for abnormal vibration and external intrusion in subway tunnels are developed and demonstrated. The system deploys multiple highly sensitive fiber optic sound wave sensing sensors at different positions on the up and down lines of the subway tunnel to detect the infrasound wave signals generated during the construction of mechanical equipment inside or above the tunnel. The sensing signals are transmitted to the system host through the transmission fiber cable, which processes and analyzes the abnormal vibration information to give an alarm, thereby achieving real-time detection of abnormal vibration in the subway tunnel with all-weather and all time. The frequency response and sensitivity range of the developed infrasound wave sensor is 0.1~100 Hz and 1047 mV/Pa (@ 0.1Hz) to 5445 mV/Pa (@ 12.5Hz), repectively. The application verification test of the detection system was carried out at Shahe Station on Guangzhou Metro Line 6, and the test results showed that the system can accurately identify the forced vibration signals of tunnel structures caused by train excitation and provide real-time feedback.