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A NOVEL FIBER OPTIC SENSOR IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF BLAST WAVE…

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Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Army 		Award ID:
841 		Program Year/Program:
1984 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
841 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
DYNAMICS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
21311 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 300 Torrance, CA 90503 0561
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1984
Title: A NOVEL FIBER OPTIC SENSOR IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF BLAST WAVE PRESSURE HISTORY IN AN EXPLOSIVE ENVIRONMENT.
Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $75,000.00
 

Abstract:

A NOVEL FIBER OPTIC SENSOR IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF BLAST WAVE PRESSURE HISTORY IN AN EXPLOSIVE ENVIRONMENT. THE CAPABILITY TO CONSISTENTLY MEASURE BLAST-RELATED SURFACE PRESSURES ON THE ORDER OF 20-100 KBAR WITH 400KHZ RESPONSE UNDER HIGH G LOADING DOES NOT EXIST IN PRESENT SENSORS. FIBER OPTIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY WHICH HAS EVOLVED IN THE LAST 5 YEARS, OFFERS AN APPROACH BASED ON MICROBEND-INDUCED MODAL COUPLING TO SENSITIVELY MEASURE HIGH FREQUENCY STRAINS. AN OPTICAL FIBER IMBEDDED IN A COMPACT HARDENED CASING CAN BE CONFIGURED TO PERFORM DIRECT MEASUREMENTS OF BLAST WAVE PRESSURE HISTORY. FIBER OPTIC SENSORS ARE ALSO HIGHLY RESISTANT TO EMI/RFI AND RADIATION. THE SENSOR TO BE DEVELOPED IS ANTICIPATED TO BE LOW-COST AND SURVIVABLE. IN PHASE I, DYNAMICS TECHNOLOGY WILL DEVELOP ONE OR MORE CONCEPTUAL SENSOR DESIGNS THROUGH ANALYSIS AND LABORATORY TESTING. UPON VALIDATION OF THE SENSOR CONCEPT, A PRELIMINARY PROTOTYPE DESIGN WILL ALSO BE PREPARED. PROTOTYPE LABORATORY TESTING. UPON VALIDATION OF THE SENSOR CONCEPT, A PRELIMINARY PROTOTYPE DESIGN WILL ALSO BE PREPARED. PROTOTYPE LABORATORY AND FIELD TESTING WILL BE PERFORMED IN PHASE II.

Principal Investigator:

C. michael dube
2133730666

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Small Business Information at Submission:

Dynamics Technology Inc
22939 Hawthorne Blvd Ste 200 Torrance, CA 90505

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DUNS: N/A
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No