Fiscal Year:
1990
Title:
MULTICONDUCTOR CABLE PARAMETER MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
Agency / Branch:
DOD / ARMY
Contract:
N/A
Award Amount:
$247,064.00
Abstract:
THIS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH EFFORT WILL PROVIDE A PROTOTYPE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE USED TO DETERMINE THE RLCM COUPLING PARAMETERS TO INTERIOR WIRES OF A MULTICONDUCTOR CABLE. KNOWLEDGE OF THE COUPLING PARAMETERS WILL ALLOW CALCULATION OF CURRENTS AND VOLTAGES ON INTERIOR WIRES INDUCED FROM SHIELD CURRENTS DUETO AN INCIDENT EMP OR DIRECT LIGHTNING STRIKE. THE PROTOTYPE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WILL UTILIZE A CONTINUOUS WAVE DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND A RECTANGULAR QUADRAXIAL TEST FIXTURE. PHASE II WILL INCLUDE VALIDATING THE PROTOTYPE SYSTEM FOR SEVERAL SIZES OF MULTICONDUCTOR CABLE, USING EXISTING SOFTWARE TO PERFORM FOURIER ANALYSIS ON TEST RESULTS, AN TESTING OTHER QUADRAXIAL GEOMETRIES.
Principal Investigator:
Dr Barbara Melander
2062858686
Business Contact:
Small Business Information at Submission:
Science & Engineering Associat
Po Box 3722 Albuquerque, NM 87190
EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No