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Fiber Optic Sensing Research and Development
Fiber Optic Damage Assessment System (FODAS) Environmental Monitoring of Vertical Launch System Canisters Using Fiber Optic Sensors Fiber Optic Measurement of Towed Array Shape Ship Structural Health Monitoring Using Fiber Optic Sensing Composite Pile Structural Health Monitoring Acoustic Emission Crack Detection Using Optical Sensing Distributed, Embedded Sensing: Quasi-Static Shape Control of Wings |
Fiber optic sensors have many performance benefits over traditional electro-mechanical sensor technologies and are more frequently being utilized to solve challenging measurement and monitoring problems. The AITHER has been investigating fiber optic sensing means for applications in aerospace, marine, civil, and industrial systems for more than 7 years. During this time, AITHER researchers have developed sensors to measure strain, displacement, temperature, acceleration, pressure, and acoustic emissions. This research has also included work in embedding fiber optic sensors in composite and extruded materials during manufacturing and the development of novel fiber Bragg grating sensor monitoring instrumentation. Recent AITHER projects in fiber optic sensing are highlighted below: