Impact of Fiber Optics on System Reliability and Maintainability

Abstract

This report documents the effort to develop recommendations and guidelines for system designers and planners to assure reliable, maintainable and supportable use of Fiber Optics (FO) in military systems. This document provides a compendium for agencies within DOD with a tool to address R&M in the design of FO systems. This document will alert designers/planners with respect to 'lesson learned' and 'design do's/dont's' in order to make educated choices in their design process. Keywords: Reliability, Maintainability, Fiber Optic, Failure-mechanisms/modes, Components, Testing, and QA/screening.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201946

Entities

People

  • Linda K. Passauer
  • Nathan L. Christian

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bipolar Junction Transistors
  • Chemistry
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electronics Industry
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Modules (Electronics)
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Power Electronics
  • Semiconductors
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Software Engineering