The pulsed elongation of fiber Bragg gratings is considered in order to be used to measure the displacement or deformation rate of objects. Optimal measurement modes were determined, numerical simulation of the output signal was performed during pulsed elongation or compression of the fiber grating, and the main patterns were analyzed. The results of the application of the Bragg gratings for the experimental determination of the deformation rate of materials under pulsed magnetic action are presented. Experimentally obtained and theoretical dependencies are compared. The dependencies of the change in the grating parameters—the coefficient and the half-width of the reflection spectrum with successive shortening of the grating—are given.

The results of applications of various methods for measuring the parameters of high-speed loading using a strain gauge, a fiber Bragg grating located on a metal measuring rod and an interferometer monitoring the movement of the free boundary of the end of the rod are presented. Numerical simulation confirmed the adequacy of the description of the shock-wave process according to experimental data and showed that, with the thickness of the adhesive layer fixing the fiber Bragg grating and the strain gauge on a dimensional rod up to 100 µm, the deformation parameters of the sensors correspond to the parameters of the stress–strain state of the rod. Experimentally, a good correspondence of the results of measuring the magnitude of the relative deformation at a pulse duration of 10–100 µs using sensors of various types is shown, and an estimate of the limit values of the measured values of the deformation wave parameters is given.

High-frequency overvoltages are most dangerous for the insulation of transformer coils. It is because high-frequency pulse voltage creates an uneven distribution of voltage across the windings. The coil's first turns receive a disproportionately high voltage drop, leading to the inter-turn circuit. The paper analyzes the types of lightning pulses and proposes a new suppression method based on the anomalous skin effect in a multilayer material and the design in the form of a coil. The developed device is simulated, and the results of overvoltage monitoring at the substation with the installed high-frequency overvoltage suppression device are analyzed.

The work is devoted to the consideration of methods for determining the strain of objects using fiber Bragg gratings under a high-frequency vibration or pulsed mechanical action, which is difficult to perform using widespread methods and devices. The methods are based on numerical processing of the time dependence of the radiation power reflected from the fiber Bragg grating at various wavelengths, which makes it possible to measure strain parameters in a wide range of magnitude and frequencies. The efficiency of the proposed methods is demonstrated by numerical simulation. It is shown that it is possible to restore the strain dependence on time in the range $\pm 1000$ $\mathsf{\mu }\mathsf{ϵ}$ or more from simultaneously measured power dependencies reflected by the fiber Bragg grating using common fiber-optic components. The case of sequential registration of reflected radiation power at different wavelengths to determine the probability density of the distribution of the strain values is also considered. The results of signal processing obtained both by numerical simulation and experimentally for the case of a linear vibration are presented. The technical problems of using the proposed methods are discussed.

Magnetic-pulse loading methods have been known since the 1980s and, as a rule, are used to determine the laws of destruction of materials under the action of pressure pulses with a duration of several microseconds. A modified scheme of a magnetic-pulse setup for high strain rate uniaxial tension is used in this work. The application of the scheme with the possibility of experimental measurement of the strain accumulation time and strain rate is shown on samples of TiNi alloy. The paper presents the results of finite element modeling and analytical description. Both approaches have demonstrated good agreement between the calculated residual strain and experimental results, even on samples of TiNi alloy with a specific stress-strain diagram. The analytical solution showed good qualitative agreement in assessing the strain accumulation time. On the basis of the analytical solution, an assessment of the capabilities of the magnetic-pulse loading method for uniaxial high strain rate tension is presented.

In most cases, the properties of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are considered under axial tension or compression. The effects caused by induced anisotropy of the refractive index in FBGs under the action of a transverse load are also known. However, the change in the radiation spectrum reflected from FBGs under the influence of a load acting at an arbitrary angle to the FBG axis on the grating embedded in the elements of the mechanical system has not been studied in sufficient detail. This paper theoretically and experimentally investigated the change in the resonant wavelength of FBGs attached to a disk under the action of a compressive force acting at an arbitrary angle to the FBG axis. The FBG deformation in the static loading mode is theoretically estimated and compared with the experiment. The angle between the direction of the force applied and the FBG axis is determined at which the compression deformation turns into a tensile deformation is determined. It is shown that there is a good agreement between the theoretical and experimental data. It is established that the studied effects for the static load mode also occur under pulsed mechanical load, but with some specifics. The effects described make it possible to more accurately calculate the response of an embedded FBG to mechanical impact.