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Back Investigations of the Mechanical Properties of a Buried Fiber-Optic Sensor for Monitoring and Surveillance, FY 2013-2014

Fiscal Year 2013
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Physics
Investigator(s) Baker, Steven R.
Sponsor Army Engineer Research & Development Center (Army)
Summary The overall goal of the research is to improve the understanding of the mechanical operational characteristics of buried fiber-optic monitoring and surveillance systems. Investigative tasks to be undertaken by NPS in FY13 are, in order of decreasing priority 1) conduct laboratory experiments at NPS with the goal of quantifying the nature of the soil-fiber boundary interaction; 2) to collaborate with the sponsor on the development of finite-element models for the prediction of the mechanical response of buried optical fiber to stimulation by incident elastic waves; 3) to research the literature for the current state of understanding of the scattering of elastic waves from a long, narrow (ka<<l) cylinder buried in a horizontally-stratified elastic medium; 4) to collaborate with the sponsor on the design of future field experiments.
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