SBIR/STTR Research Award
EMBEDDED FIBER OPTIC SENSORS FOR ARRESTING GEAR CABLES
Award amount
$50,791Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Physical Optics Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- DG3AB4E8R4D8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The development of a unified methodology for the design of an integrated arrestor gear cable sensor system is proposed. Comparative analysis of critical components and techniques will be conducted using physical testing and mathematical modeling. Specific optical fibers will be screened; attachment and embedding technologies will be investigated; and signal processing methodologies, including pattern recognition based on neural networks, will be studied. The development of a "smart cable" design approach is expected to lead in Phase II to the production of a scale prototype of an arrestor gear cable with an embedded sensor system. This cable will be capable of reporting on its viability both during storage and in "real time" during actual operation. Possible fiber optic sensor technologies that will be investigated include intrinsic interferometric and bend-based sensors for distributed measurements, and reflectometric sensors for individual or multiplexed point sensing. Other sensor approaches will be identified and evaluated during the course of Phase I.
Technology keywords
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Research funding history
1,933 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2021). Reported award amounts total $549,686,800. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security
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