Design, Fabrication and Testing of a Ruggedized Fiberoptic Cable,

Abstract

This paper presents the design and manufacture of a small size, lightweight, all dielectric cable suitable for easy deployment and recovery in cross-country terrain. Intended as the data and communication link between a battlefield radio station and a jeep-mounted radio system, the cable is composed of two optical fibers twisted together, around which are applied two contrahelically wound layers of Kevlar yarns, an inner jacket, two more contrahelical layers of Kevlar yarns, followed by an outer jacket.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 17, 1983
Accession Number
ADP002558

Entities

People

  • D. Hurwitz
  • H. L. Blumsack
  • I. D. Aggarwal
  • P. J. Dobson

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battlefields
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Communication Equipment
  • Communication Systems
  • Deployment
  • Fabrication
  • Fibers
  • Lightweight
  • Material Forming Processes
  • Materials Processing
  • New Jersey
  • Optical Fibers
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Equipment
  • Radio Stations
  • Tactical Radios

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.