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GAUGE APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD

Abstract:

A gauge apparatus includes a body member, one or more gauge arms biased outwardly from the body member for engagement with a wall of the elongated space, and one or more deformable regions. The gauge apparatus is configured so that a variation in an outward extension of each gauge arm from the body member induces a change in strain in a corresponding one of the one or more deformable regions. A gauge system includes the gauge apparatus and an optical fiber attached to the gauge apparatus so that a strain in each deformable region of the gauge apparatus is transferred to a corresponding sensor portion of the optical fiber. The gauge system may be used for making real-time measurements of a geometry of an elongated space such as a wellbore of an oil and gas well.