Availability of reliable flight sensor data and knowledge of the structural behaviour are essential for safe operation of the Ariane launcher. The Ariane launcher is currently monitored by hundreds of electric sensors during test and qualification. Fibre optic sensors are regarded as a potential technique to overcome limitations of recent monitoring systems for the Ariane launcher [1]. These limitations include cumbersome application of sensors and harness as well as a very limited degree of distributed sensing capability. But, in order to exploit the various advantages of fibre optic sensors (high degree of multiplexing, distributed sensing capability, lower mass impact, etc.) dedicated measurement systems have to be developed and investigated. State-of-the-art fibre optic measurement systems often use free beam setups making them bulky and sensitive to vibration impact. Therefore a new measurement system is developed as part of the ESAstudy [2].
A versatile fibre optic sensor interrogation system for the Ariane Launcher based on an electro-optically tuneable laser diode
International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2008 ; 2008 ; Toulouse,France
Proc. SPIE ; 10566
21.11.2017
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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