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Mengya Suna, Juncheng Yaob, *, Jie Liuc, Jin Liua, Yuling Xina, Bin Shic, **
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2026, 18(5) : 3904 - 3915
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Measurement performance of six different actively-heated fiber-optic soil water content sensors: Numerical simulations and in situ applications
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Mengya Suna, Juncheng Yaob, *, Jie Liuc, Jin Liua, Yuling Xina, Bin Shic, **
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  • aSchool of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
  • bDepartment of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong, China
  • cSchool of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
  • Bin Shi received his PhD from Nanjing University in 1995. He is a professor and a doctoral supervisor in the School of Earth Sciences and Engineering at Nanjing University, China. He has been engaged in research on soil and rock disasters in the fields of geotechnical engineering and geological engineering. He has published more than 200 SCI papers which have been cited more than 6500 times, with the highest citation for a single SCI paper being 629 times. He has been awarded 76 national authorized invention patents and served as the chief editor for 2 national industry association standards. He has received a first prize of the National Scientific and Technology Progress Award ranking the first, and other 10 provincial or ministerial awards in natural science, invention, and scientific and technology progress.

Published: 2026-05-25 doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.06.043
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The actively-heated fiber-optic (AHFO) method can near-continuously measure soil water content along the AHFO sensors by sensing the temperature variation during an actively heated pulse. Different heating materials, structures, and fiber-optic temperature sensing techniques significantly impact the measurement performance of AHFO sensors. However, there has been no systematic evaluation regarding the measurement performance of soil water content by different AHFO sensors. To address this issue, this study focuses on the measurement performance and monitoring potential of six different AHFO sensors (i.e. actively-heated fiber Bragg grating (AH-FBG) alundum tube, AH-FBG cable, carbon fiber heated cable (CFHC), copper metal heated cable (CMHC), CFHC sensing tube, and CMHC sensing tube). Numerical models were built first for simulating the thermal response process of six AHFO sensors to quantify the measurement accuracy and sensitivity of soil water content. Then, the in situ applications of six AHFO sensors were carried out in Yan'an, China. The numerical and in situ monitoring results indicate that the measurement accuracy and sensitivity of soil water content are both highest by using CFHC sensing tube and CMHC sensing tube. CMHC sensing tube is most suitable for fine and accurate monitoring of in situ soil, while AH-FBG alundum tube and AH-FBG cable are best suited for long-term real-time remote monitoring. In practical applications, it is recommended that geotechnical engineers, when selecting AHFO sensors for a specific site project, should take into account a variety of factors, including measurement performance, spatial resolution, monitoring duration, site installation, and power supply conditions.

Soil water content  /  Actively-heated fiber-optic (AHFO) sensor  /  Measurement properties  /  In situ application  /  Monitoring potential
Mengya Sun, Juncheng Yao, Jie Liu, Jin Liu, Yuling Xin, Bin Shi. Measurement performance of six different actively-heated fiber-optic soil water content sensors: Numerical simulations and in situ applications[J]. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2026 , 18 (5) : 3904 -3915 . DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.06.043
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(42307189)
  • China Post-doctoral Science Foundation(2024T170215; 2023M740974)
Year 2026 volume 18 Issue 5
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doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.06.043
  • Receive Date:2025-01-08
  • Online Date:2026-06-17
  • Published:2026-05-25
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  • Received:2025-01-08
  • Revised:2025-06-03
  • Accepted:2025-06-10
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National Natural Science Foundation of China(42307189)
China Post-doctoral Science Foundation(2024T170215; 2023M740974)
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    aSchool of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
    bDepartment of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong, China
    cSchool of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China

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** Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: (B. Shi).
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