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Curved paths, particularly semicircular paths, are quite common for optical fibre placement in large structures in addition to straight paths. Optical fibre sensors embedded in a curved path configuration typically measure a component of strain, which often cannot be validated using traditional approaches. Thus, for most applications, strain measured along curved paths is ignored as there is no proper validation tool to ensure the accuracy of the measured strains. To overcome this, an analytical strain transformation equation has been developed and is presented here. This equation transforms the horizontal and vertical strain components obtained along a curved semicircular path into a strain component, which acts tangentially as it travels along the curved fibre path. This approach is validated numerically and experimentally for a DFOS installed on a steel specimen with straight and curved paths. Under tensile and flexural loading scenarios, the horizontal and vertical strain components were obtained numerically using finite element analysis and experimentally using strain rosettes and then, substituted into the proposed strain transformation equation for deriving the transformed strain values. Subsequently, the derived strain values obtained from the proposed transformation equation were validated by comparing them with the experimentally measured DFOS strains in the curved region. Additionally, this study has also shown that a localised damage to the DFOS coating will not impact the functionality of the sensor at the remaining locations along its length. In summary, this paper presents a valid strain transformation equation, which can be used for transforming the numerical simulation results into the DFOS measurements along a semicircular path. This would allow for a larger scope of spatial strains measurements, which would otherwise be ignored in practice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s21030782","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,25]],"date-time":"2021-01-25T12:28:31Z","timestamp":1611577711000},"page":"782","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Distributed Fibre Optic Sensor-Based Continuous Strain Measurement along Semicircular Paths Using Strain Transformation Approach"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5981-5488","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Prashanth","family":"Nagulapally","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia"}]},{"given":"Md","family":"Shamsuddoha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia"}]},{"given":"Ginu","family":"Rajan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia"},{"name":"School of Electrical, Computer, and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia"}]},{"given":"Luke","family":"Djukic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Omni Tanker Pty Ltd., 65-71 Hartley Road, Smeaton Grange, NSW 2567, Australia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6446-0124","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gangadhara","family":"B. 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