Well Conductor Strain Monitoring

Abstract

The present invention relates to measuring strain and bending stresses in a well conductor, and more particularly to a plurality of Bragg gratings written onto an optical fiber that is integrated into an armored cable wrapped around the well conductor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 06, 2014
Accession Number
ADA606859

Entities

People

  • Anthony A. Ruffa

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attorneys
  • Bending Stress
  • Bragg Gratings
  • Fibers
  • Gages
  • Inventions
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Monitoring
  • Optical Fibers
  • Patent Applications
  • Rotation
  • Steel
  • Strain Gages
  • Stresses
  • Technology Transfer
  • Undersea Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.