SBIR/STTR Research Award
CARBON FIBER SENSOR FOR AXLE DETECTION ON ROADWAYS
Award amount
$492,463Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1995Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Transportation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Sensor Plus, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A FORCE/STRAIN SENSOR CONSISTING OF CARBON FIBERS EMBEDDED IN ASPHALT, CONCRETE AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS WILL BE USED AS A PERMANENT VEHICLE AXLE AND TRAFFIC SENSOR ON ROADWAYS. FOR TEMPORARY INSTALLATION, A PAINT OR ASPHALT STRIP WITH CARBON FIBERS IS APPLIED TO THE ROADWAY IN THE FORM OF STRIPS. THIS WILL BE DEVELOPED DURING PHASE I. A SIGNAL CONDITIONER/PROCESSOR PROVIDES AXLE WEIGHT AND VEHICLE SPEEDS AS WELL AS AXLE DETECTION AND COUNT FOR MULTIPLE LANES.
Technology keywords
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